com.tangosol.net
Interface Service

All Superinterfaces:

ClassLoaderAware, Controllable

All Known Subinterfaces:

CacheService, DistributedCacheService, InvocationService, PartitionedService

public interface Service
extends Controllable

This Service interface represents controllable services that operate in a clustered network environment.

Since:

Coherence 1.1

Author:

gg 2002.02.08

Method Summary

void	addMemberListener(MemberListener listener) Add a Member listener.
Cluster	getCluster() Return the Cluster object that this Service is a part of.
ServiceInfo	getInfo() Return the ServiceInfo object for this Service.
Object	getUserContext() Return the user context object associated with this Service.
void	removeMemberListener(MemberListener listener) Remove a Member listener.
void	setUserContext(Object oCtx) Associate a user context object with this Service.

Methods inherited from interface com.tangosol.util.Controllable

configure, getContextClassLoader, isRunning, setContextClassLoader, shutdown, start, stop

Method Detail

getCluster

Cluster getCluster()

Return the Cluster object that this Service is a part of.

Returns:

the Cluster object

getInfo

ServiceInfo getInfo()

Return the ServiceInfo object for this Service.

Returns:

the ServiceInfo object

addMemberListener

void addMemberListener(MemberListener listener)

Add a Member listener.

Parameters:

listener - the MemberListener to add

removeMemberListener

void removeMemberListener(MemberListener listener)

Remove a Member listener.

Parameters:

listener - the MemberListener to remove

getUserContext

Object getUserContext()

Return the user context object associated with this Service.

The data type and semantics of this context object are entirely application specific and are opaque to the Service itself.

Returns:

an associated user contex object or null if a context has not been set

Since:

Coherence 3.0

setUserContext

void setUserContext(Object oCtx)

Associate a user context object with this Service.

Parameters:

oCtx - a user context object

Since:

Coherence 3.0