org.objectledge.naming
Class ContextFactory

java.lang.Object
  org.objectledge.naming.ContextFactory

public class ContextFactory
extends Object

Naming context factory component.

Version:

$Id: ContextFactory.java,v 1.6 2004/12/23 07:16:43 rafal Exp $

Author:

Rafal Krzewski, Pawel Potempski

Field Summary

private Map	alias Context aliases.
private Map	context Cached contexts.
private Map	initial Initial environments.
private org.jcontainer.dna.Logger	logger the logger

Constructor Summary

ContextFactory(org.picocontainer.PicoContainer container, org.jcontainer.dna.Configuration config, org.jcontainer.dna.Logger logger)
Component constructor.

Method Summary

Context	getContext(String name) Returns the specified naming context.
DirContext	getDirContext(String name) Returns the specified directory context.
void	reconnect(String name) Requests that the cached context object be discarded and created anew.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

logger

private org.jcontainer.dna.Logger logger

the logger

initial

private Map initial

Initial environments.

alias

private Map alias

Context aliases.

context

private Map context

Cached contexts.

Constructor Detail

ContextFactory

public ContextFactory(org.picocontainer.PicoContainer container,
                      org.jcontainer.dna.Configuration config,
                      org.jcontainer.dna.Logger logger)
               throws org.jcontainer.dna.ConfigurationException

Component constructor.

Parameters:

container - the container to resolve component properties from.

config - the configuration.

logger - the logger.

Throws:

org.jcontainer.dna.ConfigurationException - if the component's configuration is invalid.

Method Detail

getContext

public Context getContext(String name)
                   throws NamingException

Returns the specified naming context.

Parameters:

name - the context identifier used in the configuration file.

Returns:

thread-safe view of the context.

Throws:

NamingException - if identifier cannot be resolved.

getDirContext

public DirContext getDirContext(String name)
                         throws NamingException

Returns the specified directory context.

Parameters:

name - the directory context identifier used in the configuration file

Returns:

thread-safe view of the context. * @throws NamingException if identifier cannot be resolved.

Throws:

NamingException

reconnect

public void reconnect(String name)

Requests that the cached context object be discarded and created anew.

This method is helpful for recovering from teporary failures of external naming/directory services.

Parameters:

name - the name of the context.