fr.gael.drb.impl
Class DrbProvider

java.lang.Object
  fr.gael.drb.impl.DrbProvider

Direct Known Subclasses:

FileProvider, ZipProvider

public abstract class DrbProvider
extends Object

DrbNode provider.

Constructor Summary

DrbProvider()

Method Summary

abstract void	commit() Commit any pending change.
abstract String	getIdentifier() The identifier of this provider.
abstract String	getName() The name of this provider.
Object	getProperty(String name) Get a property given its name.
boolean	hasFeature(String name) Says whether this provider has a specific feature given its name.
void	setProperty(String name, Object value) Set a property.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

DrbProvider

public DrbProvider()

Method Detail

getName

public abstract String getName()

The name of this provider.

Returns:

The name of this provider.

getIdentifier

public abstract String getIdentifier()

The identifier of this provider.

Returns:

The identifier of this provider.

hasFeature

public boolean hasFeature(String name)

Says whether this provider has a specific feature given its name.

Parameters:

name - the name of the feature

Returns:

true if the provider has the named feature and false otherwise

setProperty

public void setProperty(String name,
                        Object value)
                 throws IllegalArgumentException

Set a property.

Parameters:

name - the name of the property

value - the value of the property

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if this provider does not support this property

getProperty

public Object getProperty(String name)

Get a property given its name.

Parameters:

name - the name of the property

Returns:

the property corresponding to the specified name.

commit

public abstract void commit()

Commit any pending change.