gov.lanl.Pids
Class PidsTraderCorbaHelper

java.lang.Object
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public final class PidsTraderCorbaHelper

extends java.lang.Object

The class PidsTraderCorbaHelper contains useful methods for obtaining references to distributed PIDS and Trader objects.

Version:

$Revision: 1.5 $

Author:

Torsten Staab

Constructor Summary

PidsTraderCorbaHelper()

Method Summary

static org.omg.CORBA.Object	getPidsIORFromTraderOrFile(org.omg.CORBA.ORB theORB, java.lang.String traderRefOrPidsIORFile) obtains the IOR of a PIDS either indirectly via a Trader reference or directly via the PIDS IOR file or URL
static org.omg.PersonIdService.IdentificationComponent	validatePidsRef(org.omg.CORBA.ORB theORB, java.lang.String pidsIOROrTraderRef) obtains the IOR of a PIDS either indirectly via a Trader reference or directly via the PIDS IOR file or URL

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

PidsTraderCorbaHelper

public PidsTraderCorbaHelper()

Method Detail

getPidsIORFromTraderOrFile

public static org.omg.CORBA.Object getPidsIORFromTraderOrFile(org.omg.CORBA.ORB theORB,
                                                              java.lang.String traderRefOrPidsIORFile)

obtains the IOR of a PIDS either indirectly via a Trader reference or directly via the PIDS IOR file or URL

Parameters:

theORB - a reference to a CORBA ORB object

traderRefOrPidsIORFile - a Trader-based PIDS reference (PIDS name + Trader IOR file/URL) or PIDS IOR file/URL Trader reference example: "gov.lanl.acl [http://hope.acl.lanl.gov/TeleMed/trader.ref]" PIDS IOR File/URLe xample: "http://hope.acl.lanl.gov/TeleMed/pids.ref"

Returns:

the IOR of the specified PIDS or null if Trader reference or PIDS IOR file/URL couldn't be resolved

validatePidsRef

public static org.omg.PersonIdService.IdentificationComponent validatePidsRef(org.omg.CORBA.ORB theORB,
                                                                              java.lang.String pidsIOROrTraderRef)

obtains the IOR of a PIDS either indirectly via a Trader reference or directly via the PIDS IOR file or URL

Parameters:

theORB - a reference to a CORBA ORB object

pidsIOROrTraderRef - the name of a PIDS IOR file or a combination of qualified PIDS name and Trader IOR file

Returns:

a reference to the PIDS CORBA object or null if PIDS specification couldn't be validated