Package org.jboss.ejb.server

Interface Association

public interface Association

A server association. Since server associations yield ClassLoader instances, it is important that classes implementing this interface are not accessible without a permission check when a security manager is present. This class is implemented by Enterprise Beans server environments and consumed by protocol implementations.

Author:

David M. Lloyd

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
<T> CancelHandle	receiveInvocationRequest(InvocationRequest invocationRequest)	Receive and execute an invocation request.
CancelHandle	receiveSessionOpenRequest(SessionOpenRequest sessionOpenRequest)	Receive and execute a session open request.
ListenerHandle	registerClusterTopologyListener(ClusterTopologyListener clusterTopologyListener)	Register a cluster topology listener.
ListenerHandle	registerModuleAvailabilityListener(ModuleAvailabilityListener moduleAvailabilityListener)	Register a module availability listener.

Method Detail

receiveInvocationRequest

@NotNull
<T> CancelHandle receiveInvocationRequest(@NotNull
                                          InvocationRequest invocationRequest)

Receive and execute an invocation request. An invocation may be cancelled; the returned handle may be used by the protocol implementation when a cancellation request is received by the server.

Type Parameters:

T - the type of the target Enterprise Beans

Parameters:

invocationRequest - the invocation request (not null)

Returns:

a handle which may be used to request cancellation of the invocation (must not be null)

receiveSessionOpenRequest

@NotNull
CancelHandle receiveSessionOpenRequest(@NotNull
                                       SessionOpenRequest sessionOpenRequest)

Receive and execute a session open request. An invocation may be cancelled; the returned handle may be used by the protocol implementation when a cancellation request is received by the server.

Parameters:

sessionOpenRequest - the session open request (not null)

Returns:

a handle which may be used to request cancellation of the invocation (must not be null)

registerClusterTopologyListener

@NotNull
ListenerHandle registerClusterTopologyListener(@NotNull
                                               ClusterTopologyListener clusterTopologyListener)

Register a cluster topology listener. This is used by legacy protocols to transmit cluster updates to old clients.

Parameters:

clusterTopologyListener - the cluster topology listener (not null)

Returns:

a handle which may be used to cancel the topology listener registration (must not be null)

registerModuleAvailabilityListener

@NotNull
ListenerHandle registerModuleAvailabilityListener(@NotNull
                                                  ModuleAvailabilityListener moduleAvailabilityListener)

Register a module availability listener. This is used by legacy clients which use no-affinity Enterprise Bean locators.

Parameters:

moduleAvailabilityListener - the module availability listener (not null)

Returns:

a handle which may be used to cancel the availability listener registration (must not be null)