oracle.lite.resource

Class Provider

java.lang.Object

oracle.lite.resource.Resource

oracle.lite.resource.Provider

All Implemented Interfaces:

ResourceConst, oracle.lite.util.Sortable

public class Provider
extends Resource

An instance of this class represents a Provider object. There are different types of Providers, such as 'Network Provider', 'Authentication Providers' and 'Message Listeners'.

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface oracle.lite.resource.ResourceConst

AUTH_TYPE, CONN_MAX_EXCEEDED, DEVICE_DELETE, DEVICE_REGISTER, EMPTY_STR, INVALID_ADDRESS, INVALID_DEVICE, INVALID_DIR, INVALID_ID, INVALID_INF, INVALID_NAME, INVALID_PARAM, INVALID_PLATFORM, INVALID_PROVIDER, INVALID_RESOURCE, INVALID_TYPE, INVALID_URL, NOT_FOUND, NOT_INITIALIZED, NOTIFY_CLASS, NOTIFY_ON_STATUS, NOTIFY_ON_VERIFY, RESOURCE_ENABLED, RESOURCE_VALID, SEP, STR_ANY, STR_BASE_NAME, STR_DMC, STR_EMPTY, STR_FALSE, STR_INF, STR_INF_EXT, STR_ONE, STR_TRUE, STR_WILD, STR_ZERO, SYSTEM_ID, TIME, UPDATE_MAJOR, UPDATE_MINOR, UPDATE_SOFTWARE, UPDATE_SOFTWARE_APPS, UPDATE_SOFTWARE_DMC

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Provider(java.lang.String id, java.lang.String type, java.lang.String classname) Construct a Provider object from the given values.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.lang.String	getClassName() Get JAVA class name of the provider.
java.lang.String	getMetaData() Get meta data string
GenericProvider	getObject() Instantiate the Provider object and initialize it.
java.lang.String	getType() Get type of the provider.
boolean	isType(java.lang.String type) Check if the provider is of the given type.
void	setClassName(java.lang.String classname) Set a new provider JAVA class name.
void	setMetaData(java.lang.String metaData) Set new meta data string
void	setType(java.lang.String type) Change Provider's type.

Methods inherited from class oracle.lite.resource.Resource

delete, equals, getAttribute, getId, getKey, hashCode, isEnabled, isSystemResource, isValid, removeAttribute, save, setAttribute, setEnabled, setNew, validateAttribute

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

getClass, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Provider

public Provider(java.lang.String id,
        java.lang.String type,
        java.lang.String classname)

Construct a Provider object from the given values. Caller MUST call 'save' method to make this object persistent.

Parameters:

id - Provider's unique ID (WOR, HTTP etc) type Type of the provider (NETWORK, AUTH etc) classname Java class name of the provider implementation.

Method Detail

getClassName

public java.lang.String getClassName()

Get JAVA class name of the provider.

Returns:

Java class name String

getMetaData

public java.lang.String getMetaData()

Get meta data string

Returns:

Meta data string

getObject

public GenericProvider getObject()
                          throws ResourceException

Instantiate the Provider object and initialize it.

Returns:

oracle.lite.provider.GenericProvider object

Throws:

oracle.lite.resource.ResourceException - should an error occur.

ResourceException

getType

public java.lang.String getType()

Get type of the provider.

Returns:

Provider type String

isType

public boolean isType(java.lang.String type)

Check if the provider is of the given type.

Parameters:

type - Provider type

Returns:

true if the provider is the same type.

setClassName

public void setClassName(java.lang.String classname)

Set a new provider JAVA class name.

Parameters:

classname - Provider JAVA class name.

setMetaData

public void setMetaData(java.lang.String metaData)

Set new meta data string

Parameters:

metaData - Meta data string

setType

public void setType(java.lang.String type)

Change Provider's type. Caller must call 'save' method to persist the change.

Parameters:

type - Provider Type