edu.UCL.satin.impl.remotecomponents
Class RemoteComponent

java.lang.Object
  edu.UCL.satin.arch.components.Component
      edu.UCL.satin.impl.remotecomponents.RemoteComponent

All Implemented Interfaces:

ComponentFacet, Facet, HasLocation

public class RemoteComponent

extends Component

implements HasLocation

This class represents a component (along with it's known attributes) that exists remotelly.

Author:

Stefanos Zachariadis

Field Summary

private DebugFacet	debug
private Location	location
private java.lang.Object	message Returns contact details for the component.

Fields inherited from class edu.UCL.satin.arch.components.Component

immutable, properties

Fields inherited from interface edu.UCL.satin.arch.facets.ComponentFacet

DISABLED, ENABLED

Constructor Summary

RemoteComponent(java.lang.Object id, java.util.Hashtable properties, java.lang.Object message, Location location)
Creates a new remote component (which is obviously immutable to the local host)

RemoteComponent(java.lang.String msg, java.lang.String advMsg, Location location)
Creates a new remote component based on its textual representation of its attributes

Method Summary

boolean	equals(java.lang.Object o)
Location	getLocation()
java.lang.Object	getMessage()
boolean	isEnabled() Returns whether this component is enabled/active or not.
static java.util.Hashtable	parseRemoteProperties(java.lang.String msg) parses the properties of a component (as text) into a hashtable
void	setEnabled(boolean enabled) Activates or deactivates this component (if applicable).

Methods inherited from class edu.UCL.satin.arch.components.Component

addAttribute, construct, destroy, getAttribute, getProperties, hasAttribute, match, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

message

private java.lang.Object message

Returns contact details for the component. The way these are formulated are up to the implementor.

debug

private DebugFacet debug

location

private Location location

Constructor Detail

RemoteComponent

public RemoteComponent(java.lang.Object id,
                       java.util.Hashtable properties,
                       java.lang.Object message,
                       Location location)

Creates a new remote component (which is obviously immutable to the local host)

Parameters:

id - the component's identifier

properties - the component's attributes

message - the advertising message for the component

RemoteComponent

public RemoteComponent(java.lang.String msg,
                       java.lang.String advMsg,
                       Location location)

Creates a new remote component based on its textual representation of its attributes

Parameters:

msg - the tetual representation of the components properties

advMsg - the advertising message for the component

Method Detail

getMessage

public java.lang.Object getMessage()

isEnabled

public boolean isEnabled()

Description copied from class: Component

Returns whether this component is enabled/active or not. Note that unless overloaded, the component is assumed to always be enabled

Specified by:

isEnabled in interface ComponentFacet

Overrides:

isEnabled in class Component

Returns:

setEnabled

public void setEnabled(boolean enabled)

Description copied from class: Component

Activates or deactivates this component (if applicable). Note that unless overloaded, the component is assumed to always be enabled.

Specified by:

setEnabled in interface ComponentFacet

Overrides:

setEnabled in class Component

Parameters:

enabled -

parseRemoteProperties

public static java.util.Hashtable parseRemoteProperties(java.lang.String msg)

parses the properties of a component (as text) into a hashtable

Returns:

A Hashtable of attributes, based on the text

equals

public boolean equals(java.lang.Object o)

getLocation

public Location getLocation()

Specified by:

getLocation in interface HasLocation