com.adventnet.nms.fe.common
Interface ServerCustomViewAPI

All Superinterfaces:

CommonModuleAPI, java.rmi.Remote

All Known Subinterfaces:

AlertCustomViewAPI, AuditCustomViewAPI, EventCustomViewAPI, PerfCustomViewAPI, TopoCustomViewAPI

All Known Implementing Classes:

ServerCVAPIImpl

public interface ServerCustomViewAPI

extends CommonModuleAPI, java.rmi.Remote

RMI API over session beans.

Since:

Web NMS 2.3

See Also:

Remote, CommonModuleAPI

Method Summary

java.lang.String	createCustomView(java.lang.String userName, java.lang.String viewName, java.util.Properties criteria)
java.lang.String	createCustomView(java.lang.String userName, java.lang.String viewName, java.util.Properties criteria, TableColumn[] tableCols) Adds CustomView given the required parameters.
boolean	createCustomView(java.lang.String userName, java.lang.String viewId, java.lang.String viewName, java.lang.String nodeType, TableColumn[] tableCols, java.util.Properties panelProps, java.util.Properties criteria) Creates a new Custom View for the user.
void	endSession(java.lang.String sessionId) Ends the session for the client identified by the sessionId.
java.lang.String[]	getAllCustomViewNames(java.lang.String userName) Returns the names of all custom views available for this user.
ViewData	getData(java.lang.String sessionId, NmsTableModelListener listener, ViewCriteria criteria) Gets the ViewData object for the given criteria.
java.util.Properties	getPropertiesOfObject(java.lang.String userName, java.lang.String key) Fetches the Properties for the object identified by the key.
java.lang.String	getSessionId(com.adventnet.nms.fe.common.ClientSession session, java.lang.String userName) Returns an Unique Id for the Client which will be used by the Client for further interactions.
CustomViewProperties	getViewProperties(java.lang.String userName, java.lang.String viewId) Fetches the CustomViewProperties of the user for the customView identified by the viewId.
void	initForUser(java.lang.String userName) Performs initialization operations for the user identified by the name.
boolean	modifyCustomView(java.lang.String userName, java.lang.String viewId, TableColumn[] columnNames, java.util.Properties panelProps, java.util.Properties criteria) Modifies the CustomView given the required parameters.
void	registerForUpdates(java.lang.String sessionId, java.lang.String userName, java.lang.String viewId, NmsTableModelListener listener) Registers the custom view for updates enabling it receive asynchronous notification of changes in the view.
boolean	removeCustomView(java.lang.String userName, java.lang.String viewId) Removes and cleans up the Custom view of the given name on the client and its counterpart on the server.
boolean	renameCustomView(java.lang.String userName, java.lang.String viewId, java.lang.String newName) Renames the customview identified by the viewId
boolean	unRegisterForUpdates(java.lang.String sessionId, NmsTableModelListener listener) UnRegisters the custom view if already registered for updates.
boolean	updateClientStatus(java.lang.String sessionId) This method is invoked by the RMI client to check the validity of the connection between itself and the server.

Method Detail

getSessionId

public java.lang.String getSessionId(com.adventnet.nms.fe.common.ClientSession session,
                                     java.lang.String userName)
                              throws java.rmi.RemoteException

Returns an Unique Id for the Client which will be used by the Client for further interactions.

Parameters:

session - The client session that can be used by the server to send notifications to the client.

userName - The user who gets the who requests the sessionId

Returns:

String The unique Id

createCustomView

public java.lang.String createCustomView(java.lang.String userName,
                                         java.lang.String viewName,
                                         java.util.Properties criteria)
                                  throws java.rmi.RemoteException,
                                         com.adventnet.nms.fe.common.CustomViewException

Parameters:

userName - The user who creates the Custom View.

viewName - The name to be given for the new Custom View.

criteria - The criteria Properties for the new Custom View.

Returns:

The View Id for the CustomView.

createCustomView

public java.lang.String createCustomView(java.lang.String userName,
                                         java.lang.String viewName,
                                         java.util.Properties criteria,
                                         TableColumn[] tableCols)
                                  throws java.rmi.RemoteException,
                                         com.adventnet.nms.fe.common.CustomViewException

Adds CustomView given the required parameters.

Parameters:

userName - The user who creates the Custom View.

viewName - The name to be given for the new Custom View.

criteria - The criteria Properties for the new Custom View.

tableCols - The array of TableColumn objects for the view

Returns:

The viewId for this customView

createCustomView

public boolean createCustomView(java.lang.String userName,
                                java.lang.String viewId,
                                java.lang.String viewName,
                                java.lang.String nodeType,
                                TableColumn[] tableCols,
                                java.util.Properties panelProps,
                                java.util.Properties criteria)
                         throws java.rmi.RemoteException,
                                com.adventnet.nms.fe.common.CustomViewException

Creates a new Custom View for the user. It basically provides a way of accessing the createCustomView method of the same signature in CustomSessionBean via RMI.

Parameters:

userName - a String value of the user who creates the Custom View.

viewId - a String value of the viewId to be given for the new Custom View.

viewName - a String value of the display-name to be given for the new Custom View.

nodeType - a String value of the node to be represented in the tree like DEVICE-DATA, DEVICE-GROUP, DEVICE, LEVEL-1, LEVEL-2, etc.

tableCols - a TableColumn[] value of the columns that are to be displayed in the client

panelProps - a Properties value of the additional properties of that view. This should contain a property with the key as parent and value as the Node ID of the parent node in the tree.

criteria - a Properties value of the view-criteria. The objects matching these criteria will alone be returned.

Returns:

a boolean value of whether the request was successfull.

Throws:

java.rmi.RemoteException - if an error occurs

com.adventnet.nms.fe.common.CustomViewException - in any of the following cases, (i) if Database related error occurs (ii) any of userName, viewId, viewName, or panelProps is null or invalid.

See Also:

CustomSessionBean.createCustomView(String, String, String, String, TableColumn[], Properties, Properties)

getAllCustomViewNames

public java.lang.String[] getAllCustomViewNames(java.lang.String userName)
                                         throws java.rmi.RemoteException,
                                                com.adventnet.nms.fe.common.CustomViewException

Returns the names of all custom views available for this user. Returns null when no custom views are there.

removeCustomView

public boolean removeCustomView(java.lang.String userName,
                                java.lang.String viewId)
                         throws java.rmi.RemoteException,
                                com.adventnet.nms.fe.common.CustomViewException

Removes and cleans up the Custom view of the given name on the client and its counterpart on the server.

Returns:

true on success

getData

public ViewData getData(java.lang.String sessionId,
                        NmsTableModelListener listener,
                        ViewCriteria criteria)
                 throws java.rmi.RemoteException,
                        com.adventnet.nms.fe.common.CustomViewException

Gets the ViewData object for the given criteria.

Parameters:

sessionId - The uniqueId of the clients session as got from getSessionId method.

listener - The NmsTableModelListener which requires the data.

criteria - The viewcriteria for the customview.

Returns:

The ViewData object containing the details required for the view.

getViewProperties

public CustomViewProperties getViewProperties(java.lang.String userName,
                                              java.lang.String viewId)
                                       throws java.rmi.RemoteException,
                                              com.adventnet.nms.fe.common.CustomViewException

Fetches the CustomViewProperties of the user for the customView identified by the viewId.

Parameters:

userName - The name of the user who has the customview of the given id.

viewId - The id for the CustomView.

Returns:

The CustomViewProperties object for the specified CustomView

getPropertiesOfObject

public java.util.Properties getPropertiesOfObject(java.lang.String userName,
                                                  java.lang.String key)
                                           throws java.rmi.RemoteException

Fetches the Properties for the object identified by the key.

Parameters:

userName - The userName for authorization purposes.

key - The key which is used to identify the object.

Returns:

The Properties of the object identified by the key.

modifyCustomView

public boolean modifyCustomView(java.lang.String userName,
                                java.lang.String viewId,
                                TableColumn[] columnNames,
                                java.util.Properties panelProps,
                                java.util.Properties criteria)
                         throws java.rmi.RemoteException,
                                com.adventnet.nms.fe.common.CustomViewException

Modifies the CustomView given the required parameters.

Parameters:

userName - The user who owns the Custom View.

viewId - The id given for that view during creation.

tableCols - The array of TableColumn objects for the view

panelProps - The properties for the customview panel.

criteria - The criteria Properties to be in the modified Custom View.

Returns:

The viewId for this customView

renameCustomView

public boolean renameCustomView(java.lang.String userName,
                                java.lang.String viewId,
                                java.lang.String newName)
                         throws java.rmi.RemoteException,
                                com.adventnet.nms.fe.common.CustomViewException

Renames the customview identified by the viewId

Parameters:

userName - The user who owns the Custom View.

viewId - The id given for that view during creation.

newName - The name to be set for the Custmom View.

Returns:

the boolean value specifying the success or failure of operation.

registerForUpdates

public void registerForUpdates(java.lang.String sessionId,
                               java.lang.String userName,
                               java.lang.String viewId,
                               NmsTableModelListener listener)
                        throws java.rmi.RemoteException

Registers the custom view for updates enabling it receive asynchronous notification of changes in the view.

Parameters:

sessionId - The uniqueId as assigned to the Client Session as got via the getSessionId method.

userName - The user who owns the Custom View.

viewId - The id given for that view during creation.

listener - The NmsTableModelListener which requires the updates for the CustomView.

unRegisterForUpdates

public boolean unRegisterForUpdates(java.lang.String sessionId,
                                    NmsTableModelListener listener)
                             throws java.rmi.RemoteException

UnRegisters the custom view if already registered for updates.

Parameters:

sessionId - The uniqueId as assigned to the Client Session as got via the getSessionId method.

listener - The NmsTableModelListener which was used during registering for updates.

Returns:

the boolean value specifying the result of the operation.

initForUser

public void initForUser(java.lang.String userName)
                 throws java.rmi.RemoteException,
                        com.adventnet.nms.fe.common.CustomViewException

Performs initialization operations for the user identified by the name.

endSession

public void endSession(java.lang.String sessionId)
                throws java.rmi.RemoteException

Ends the session for the client identified by the sessionId.

Parameters:

sessionId - the unique Id got via getSessionId() method;

updateClientStatus

public boolean updateClientStatus(java.lang.String sessionId)
                           throws java.rmi.RemoteException

This method is invoked by the RMI client to check the validity of the connection between itself and the server.

Parameters:

sessionId - the uniqueId as assigned to the Client Session as got via the getSessionId method.

Throws:

java.rmi.RemoteException - if the connection lost between the RMI client and the server