com.resilientedge.jockey.peerbridge
Class PeerPlatformBridge

java.lang.Object
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public class PeerPlatformBridge

extends java.lang.Object

Bridges between the client side api for peer networking and the service provider.

Version:

$Revision: 1.1.1.1 $

Author:

John Gardner

Constructor Summary

PeerPlatformBridge()
Basic constructor.

Method Summary

void	addAuthority(Authority authority) Adds an application authority
void	endAppSession(AppToken app) End a session for the given application.
PeerNetworkBrowser	getBrowserForGroup(PeerGroupToken group) Allows an application to obtain a browser for a given group.
PeerGroupToken	getDefaultGroup() Returns the default group for the application
PeerNetwork	getDefaultPeerNetwork() Returns the default network for the group
PlatformInfo	getInfo() Returns information about the current platform and available networks
static PeerPlatformBridge	getInstance() Returns the singleton instance
boolean	init() Initialize this instance.
void	releaseInstance(PeerPlatform instance) Releases an instance previously obtained from getInstance() This is not necessary in this java implementation; we rely on Java garbage collection.
void	removeAuthority(Authority authority) Removes an application authority
AppToken	startAppSession(AppDescriptor app, Authority[] authorities) Starts a new session for the given application and returns a new session token

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

PeerPlatformBridge

public PeerPlatformBridge()

Basic constructor.

Method Detail

getInstance

public static PeerPlatformBridge getInstance()

Returns the singleton instance

Returns:

The Instance value

getInfo

public PlatformInfo getInfo()

Returns information about the current platform and available networks

Returns:

The Info value

getDefaultGroup

public PeerGroupToken getDefaultGroup()

Returns the default group for the application

Returns:

The DefaultGroup value

getDefaultPeerNetwork

public PeerNetwork getDefaultPeerNetwork()

Returns the default network for the group

Returns:

The DefaultPeerNetwork value

getBrowserForGroup

public PeerNetworkBrowser getBrowserForGroup(PeerGroupToken group)

Allows an application to obtain a browser for a given group.

Parameters:

group - Description of Parameter

Returns:

The Instance value

startAppSession

public AppToken startAppSession(AppDescriptor app,
                                Authority[] authorities)

Starts a new session for the given application and returns a new session token

Parameters:

app - app starting a new session

Returns:

app token for this application

endAppSession

public void endAppSession(AppToken app)

End a session for the given application. This may release resources allocated for the client application; the app should not expect to be able to send or receive messages after calling endAppSession().

Parameters:

app - the app token returned from startAppSession().

addAuthority

public void addAuthority(Authority authority)

Adds an application authority

Parameters:

authority - The feature to be added to the Authority attribute

removeAuthority

public void removeAuthority(Authority authority)

Removes an application authority

Parameters:

authority - Description of Parameter

releaseInstance

public void releaseInstance(PeerPlatform instance)

Releases an instance previously obtained from getInstance() This is not necessary in this java implementation; we rely on Java garbage collection.

Parameters:

instance - PeerPlatform instance

init

public boolean init()

Initialize this instance.

Returns:

true if initialized successfully.