org.apache.geronimo.messaging
Class Request

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.geronimo.messaging.Request

All Implemented Interfaces:

Externalizable, Serializable

public class Request

extends Object

implements Externalizable

Encapsulates a method invocation.

Version:

$Revision: 1.2 $ $Date: 2004/06/01 13:37:14 $

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Request()
Required for Externalization.

Request(String aMethodName, Class[] anArrOfParamTypes, Object[] anArrOfParams)
Wraps a method having the specified name and parameters.

Method Summary

Result	execute() Executes the command against the specified target.
String	getMethodName() Gets the method name to be executed.
Object[]	getParameters() Gets the parameters of the method to be executed.
Class[]	getParameterTypes() Gets the formal parameter of the method wrapped by this instance.
void	readExternal(ObjectInput in)
void	setTarget(Object aTarget) Sets the target against which the method is to be executed.
void	writeExternal(ObjectOutput out)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Request

public Request()

Required for Externalization.

Request

public Request(String aMethodName,
               Class[] anArrOfParamTypes,
               Object[] anArrOfParams)

Wraps a method having the specified name and parameters.

Parameters:

aMethodName - Method name.

anArrOfParamTypes - Method formal parameters.

anArrOfParams - Parameters.

Method Detail

setTarget

public void setTarget(Object aTarget)

Sets the target against which the method is to be executed.

Parameters:

aTarget -

getMethodName

public String getMethodName()

Gets the method name to be executed.

Returns:

Returns the methodName.

getParameterTypes

public Class[] getParameterTypes()

Gets the formal parameter of the method wrapped by this instance.

Returns:

Formal parameters.

getParameters

public Object[] getParameters()

Gets the parameters of the method to be executed.

Returns:

Returns the parameters.

execute

public Result execute()

Executes the command against the specified target.

Returns:

CommandResult wrapping the invocation result. if the command does not exist for the specified target, then the CommandResult instance contains a NoSuchMethodException exception.

writeExternal

public void writeExternal(ObjectOutput out)
                   throws IOException

Specified by:

writeExternal in interface Externalizable

Throws:

IOException

readExternal

public void readExternal(ObjectInput in)
                  throws IOException,
                         ClassNotFoundException

Specified by:

readExternal in interface Externalizable

Throws:

IOException

ClassNotFoundException