planet.commonapi.factory
Interface NodeHandleFactory

All Superinterfaces:

java.io.Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

NodeHandleFactoryImpl

public interface NodeHandleFactory

extends java.io.Serializable

It's a factory for NodeHandles abstraction. It pretends build NodeHandles of any class, using the factory method pattern design.

Any future implementation must contain the no argument constructor.

Author:

Jordi Pujol

See Also:

NodeHandle

Method Summary

NodeHandle	buildNodeHandle(Id nodeId, boolean alive) Builds a NodeHandle using the default NodeHandle class.
NodeHandleFactory	setValues(java.lang.Class nodeHandle) Sets the initial values for the NodeHandleFactory.

Method Detail

setValues

public NodeHandleFactory setValues(java.lang.Class nodeHandle)
                            throws InitializationException

Sets the initial values for the NodeHandleFactory.

Parameters:

nodeHandle - Class reference to build new NodeHandles.

Returns:

The same instance once it has been updated.

Throws:

InitializationException - if some error occurs during the initialization process.

buildNodeHandle

public NodeHandle buildNodeHandle(Id nodeId,
                                  boolean alive)
                           throws InitializationException

Builds a NodeHandle using the default NodeHandle class.

Returns:

A new instance of the default NodeHandle.

Throws:

InitializationException