textbender.a.r.desk
Interface HostServiceRegistry

All Superinterfaces:

Remote

All Known Implementing Classes:

HostServiceRegistry1

public interface HostServiceRegistry
extends Remote

Registry of services for this host. The shared instance of the registry is bound in the RMI boot-registry (at the standard port) and may be obtained via X.findRegistry().

Nested Class Summary

static class	HostServiceRegistry.UniqueID An identifier, each instance of which is guaranteed to be unique within a single run of the desk daemon.
static class	HostServiceRegistry.X Service registry utilities.

Method Summary

File	allInOneJar() Returns the file path of an all-in-one textbender JAR, suitable as a codebase for applets and applications.
<S extends Remote> S	getService(Class<S> serviceInterface) Returns an instance of the specified service.
HostServiceRegistry.UniqueID	nextUniqueID() Returns the next unique identifier.
URL	resolveJarURL() Deprecated.

Method Detail

allInOneJar

@ThreadSafe
File allInOneJar()
                 throws IOException

Returns the file path of an all-in-one textbender JAR, suitable as a codebase for applets and applications. This JAR is intended for use by boot applets that would otherwise lack a local codebase, and is available only in demo installations of the desk daemon (in normal installations, demo texts ought to boot like any other, with no need of this facility).

Throws:

IOException - if the JAR is unavailable, or the JAR file cannot be created

See Also:

BootApplet

getService

@ThreadSafe
<S extends Remote> S getService(Class<S> serviceInterface)
                            throws RemoteException

Returns an instance of the specified service.

Parameters:

serviceInterface - specifying the service

Throws:

AccessException - if the caller is from another host. Services are provided only to the local host.

RemoteException

nextUniqueID

@ThreadSafe
HostServiceRegistry.UniqueID nextUniqueID()
                                          throws RemoteException

Returns the next unique identifier.

Throws:

RemoteException

resolveJarURL

@Deprecated
@ThreadSafe
URL resolveJarURL()
                  throws IOException

Deprecated.

Resolves and returns the URL of the desk daemon's runtime JAR.

Throws:

IOException

See Also:

allInOneJar()