com.adventnet.adaptors.clients
Class ClientFactory

java.lang.Object
  com.adventnet.adaptors.clients.ClientFactory

public class ClientFactory
extends java.lang.Object

This Factory class is used to create Adaptor Clients such as RMI,IIOP and HTTP

Field Summary

(package private) static java.lang.Class	clientClazz
(package private) static java.lang.String	newClient

Method Summary

static void	addClient(java.lang.String protocol, java.lang.String className) Method to add a particular client to the client factory.
static Client	createClient(java.lang.String protocol) Creates the connector client according to the protocol.
static Log	getLogger() Method to be used by the clients to log messages.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

newClient

static java.lang.String newClient

clientClazz

static java.lang.Class clientClazz

Method Detail

getLogger

public static Log getLogger()

Method to be used by the clients to log messages.

createClient

public static Client createClient(java.lang.String protocol)

Creates the connector client according to the protocol. The supported protocols are SimpleClient.PROTOCOL_RMI and SimpleClient.PROTOCOL_IIOP

Parameters:

protocol - the protocol name.

Returns:

the Client object according to the protocol

addClient

public static void addClient(java.lang.String protocol,
                             java.lang.String className)

Method to add a particular client to the client factory. This method should be called before calling the createClient method.

Parameters:

protocol - Unique key that identifies the client

className - class name of the client