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com.bea.p13n.advisor
Interface Advisor

All Known Subinterfaces:

EjbAdvisor

public interface Advisor

An Advisor makes recommendations when provided with an advice request. The Advisor subsystem is designed to isolate clients from implementations that provide the advice required.

Method Summary

Advice	getAdvice(AdviceRequest request) Get recommendations based on the request submitted.
Advice	getAdvice(String uri) Get recommendations based on the uri submitted.

Method Detail

getAdvice

Advice getAdvice(AdviceRequest request)
                 throws IllegalArgumentException,
                        RemoteException,
                        AdvisorException

Get recommendations based on the request submitted. AdviceRequest objects should be obtained from the AdvisorFactory class.

Parameters

request - Request for advice.

Returns

The recommendations as an AdviceResults object.

Throws

IllegalArgumentException - thrown if request is null.

AdvisorException - thrown on an error processing request.

RemoteException

getAdvice

Advice getAdvice(String uri)
                 throws IllegalArgumentException,
                        RemoteException,
                        AdvisorException

Get recommendations based on the uri submitted. Requests made using this method will not provide the associated Advislet with access to their session data.

Parameters

uri - Request for advice.

Returns

The recommendations as an AdviceResults object.

Throws

IllegalArgumentException - thrown if request is null.

AdvisorException - thrown on an error processing request.

RemoteException

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