Package com.zeroc.Ice

Interface ServantLocator

public interface ServantLocator
A servant locator is called by an object adapter to locate a servant that is not found in its active servant map.
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  • Nested Class Summary

    Nested Classes
    Modifier and Type
    Interface
    Description
    static class 
    ServantLocator.LocateResult
    Holds the result of operation locate.

  • Method Summary

    Modifier and Type
    Method
    Description
    void
    deactivate(String category)
    Called when the object adapter in which this servant locator is installed is destroyed.
    void
    finished(Current curr, Object servant, Object cookie)
    Called by the object adapter after a request has been made.
    ServantLocator.LocateResult
    locate(Current curr)
    Called before a request is dispatched if a servant cannot be found in the object adapter's active servant map.

  • Method Details

    • locate

      ServantLocator.LocateResult locate(Current curr) throws UserException
      Called before a request is dispatched if a servant cannot be found in the object adapter's active servant map. Note that the object adapter does not automatically insert the returned servant into its active servant map. This must be done by the servant locator implementation, if this is desired. locate can throw any user exception. If it does, that exception is marshaled back to the client. If the Slice definition for the corresponding operation includes that user exception, the client receives that user exception; otherwise, the client receives UnknownUserException. If locate throws any exception, the Ice run time does not call finished.

      If you call locate from your own code, you must also call finished when you have finished using the servant, provided that locate returned a non-null servant; otherwise, you will get undefined behavior if you use servant locators such as the Freeze Evictor.

      Parameters:
      curr - Information about the current operation for which a servant is required.
      Returns:
      An instance of ServantLocator.LocateResult.
      Throws:
      UserException - The implementation can raise a UserException and the run time will marshal it as the result of the invocation.
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    • finished

      void finished(Current curr, Object servant, Object cookie) throws UserException
      Called by the object adapter after a request has been made. This operation is only called if locate was called prior to the request and returned a non-null servant. This operation can be used for cleanup purposes after a request. finished can throw any user exception. If it does, that exception is marshaled back to the client. If the Slice definition for the corresponding operation includes that user exception, the client receives that user exception; otherwise, the client receives UnknownUserException. If both the operation and finished throw an exception, the exception thrown by finished is marshaled back to the client.
      Parameters:
      curr - Information about the current operation call for which a servant was located by locate.
      servant - The servant that was returned by locate.
      cookie - The cookie that was returned by locate.
      Throws:
      UserException - The implementation can raise a UserException and the run time will marshal it as the result of the invocation.
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    • deactivate

      void deactivate(String category)
      Called when the object adapter in which this servant locator is installed is destroyed.
      Parameters:
      category - Indicates for which category the servant locator is being deactivated.
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