edu.ucsb.cs.jicos.foundation
Interface Service

All Superinterfaces:

java.rmi.Remote

All Known Implementing Classes:

Host, HostExternal, HostMatlab, edu.ucsb.cs.jicos.foundation.ServiceImpl, edu.ucsb.cs.jicos.services.TaskServer, TaskServerExternal, TaskServerMatlab

public interface Service
extends java.rmi.Remote

Field Summary

static java.lang.String

NAME The name of the Service that is put in the RMIRegistry.

Method Summary

java.lang.Object	executeCommand(Service sender, edu.ucsb.cs.jicos.foundation.CommandSynchronous command) A Remote method for synchronously executing a Command.
void	receiveCommands(Service sender, java.util.List commandQ) accepts a marshalled list of Commands that are being sent by another Service.

Field Detail

NAME

static final java.lang.String NAME

The name of the Service that is put in the RMIRegistry.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Method Detail

receiveCommands

void receiveCommands(Service sender,
                     java.util.List commandQ)
                     throws java.rmi.RemoteException

accepts a marshalled list of Commands that are being sent by another Service. This method is public only because it is a Remote method: It is internal to the foundation package. It distributes each Command object to its appropriate Department. Commands destined for the "ASAP_DEPARTMENT" are executed directly.

Parameters:

sender - The sending service.

commandQ - a marshalled LinkedList of Command objects.

Throws:

java.rmi.RemoteException - This is a Remote method.

executeCommand

java.lang.Object executeCommand(Service sender,
                                edu.ucsb.cs.jicos.foundation.CommandSynchronous command)
                                throws java.rmi.RemoteException

A Remote method for synchronously executing a Command.

Parameters:

sender - The sending service.

command - the Command object to sent for remote execution.

Returns:

the Object that is the return value of the Command's execute method. The actual type of the object returned depends on the actual Command.

Throws:

java.rmi.RemoteException - This is a Remote method.