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If you do not wish to do so, delete this 036exception statement from your version. */ 037 038 039package org.omg.PortableInterceptor; 040 041import org.omg.CORBA.Any; 042import org.omg.CORBA.BAD_PARAM; 043import org.omg.CORBA.NO_RESOURCES; 044import org.omg.CORBA.TypeCode; 045import org.omg.Dynamic.Parameter; 046import org.omg.IOP.ServiceContext; 047 048/** 049 * Defines operations that are applicable for both server and client request. 050 * The additional operations, specific to the server and client request are 051 * defined in the derived interfaces {@link ServerRequestInfoOperations} and 052 * {@link ClientRequestInfoOperations}. 053 * 054 * @author Audrius Meskauskas, Lithuania (AudriusA@Bioinformatics.org) 055 */ 056public interface RequestInfoOperations 057{ 058 /** 059 * Return the parameters of the operation being invoked. 060 * 061 * @return the array, containing parameters of the operations or an empty 062 * array for the operations with no parameters. 063 * 064 * @throws NO_RESOURCES if the parameters are not available. The parameters 065 * are only available for DII (via {@link org.omg.CORBA.Request} or DSI calls. 066 * They are not available for calls via IDL - generated stubs. 067 */ 068 Parameter[] arguments(); 069 070 /** 071 * Returns the names of all contexts of the operation being invoked. 072 * 073 * @return the array of strings, defining contexts. 074 * 075 * @throws NO_RESOURCES if the contexts are not available. The contexts are 076 * only available for DII (via {@link org.omg.CORBA.Request} or DSI calls. 077 * They are not available for calls via IDL - generated stubs. 078 */ 079 String[] contexts(); 080 081 /** 082 * Returns the typecodes, defining all exceptions that the operation may 083 * throw. 084 * 085 * @return the array of exception typecodes, empty array if the operation 086 * should not throw any exceptions. 087 * 088 * @throws NO_RESOURCES if the exception list is not available. This list is 089 * only available for DII (via {@link org.omg.CORBA.Request} or DSI calls and 090 * only on the client side. It is not available for calls via IDL - generated 091 * stubs or on the server side. 092 */ 093 TypeCode[] exceptions(); 094 095 /** 096 * If the request contains forwarding information (the reply_status attribute 097 * being LOCATION_FORWARD), return the forwarding target. 098 * 099 * @return the object where the request should be forwarded. 100 */ 101 org.omg.CORBA.Object forward_reference(); 102 103 /** 104 * Get the service context with the given ctx_name that is associated with the 105 * reply. 106 * 107 * @param ctx_name the name of the service context 108 * 109 * @return the copy of the corresponding context. 110 * 111 * @throws BAD_PARAM minor 26, if the context with the give ctx_name does not 112 * exist. 113 */ 114 ServiceContext get_reply_service_context(int ctx_name) 115 throws BAD_PARAM; 116 117 /** 118 * Get the service context with the given ctx_name that is associated with the 119 * request. 120 * 121 * @param ctx_name the name of the service context 122 * 123 * @return the copy of the corresponding context. 124 * 125 * @throws BAD_PARAM minor 26, if the context with the give ctx_name does not 126 * exist. 127 */ 128 ServiceContext get_request_service_context(int ctx_name) 129 throws BAD_PARAM; 130 131 /** 132 * Get the data from the given slot of the PortableInterceptor.Current that is 133 * in the scope of the request. 134 */ 135 Any get_slot(int id) throws InvalidSlot; 136 137 /** 138 * Get the names of the service contexts being sent on the request. 139 * 140 * @return array of strings, naming the contexts. 141 */ 142 String[] operation_context(); 143 144 /** 145 * Get the name of the operation being invoked. 146 * 147 * @return the name of the operation, usually the name of method being called. 148 */ 149 String operation(); 150 151 /** 152 * Get the reoly state as result of the operation invocation. 153 * 154 * @return the value field of one of the following: {@link SUCCESSFUL}, 155 * {@link SYSTEM_EXCEPTION}, {@link USER_EXCEPTION}, 156 * {@link LOCATION_FORWARD} or {@link TRANSPORT_RETRY}. 157 */ 158 short reply_status(); 159 160 /** 161 * Get the request id. 162 * 163 * @return an id that uniquely identifies the current request/reply sequence. 164 */ 165 int request_id(); 166 167 /** 168 * Indicates whether request sender expected any response. 169 * 170 * @return true if the response was expected, false otherwise. 171 */ 172 boolean response_expected(); 173 174 /** 175 * Get the result of the operation invocation. 176 * 177 * @return an Any, containing the value, returned by the performed operation. 178 */ 179 Any result(); 180 181 /** 182 * Determines how far the request shall progress before control is returned to 183 * the client. However up till JDK 1.5 inclusive this method always returns 184 * SYNC_WITH_TRANSPORT. 185 * 186 * @return {@link org.omg.Messaging.SYNC_WITH_TRANSPORT#value} (1), always. 187 * 188 * @specnote as defined in the Suns 1.5 JDK API. 189 */ 190 short sync_scope(); 191}