JavaTM 2 Platform
Std. Ed. v1.4.1

org.omg.PortableServer
Interface ServantActivatorOperations

All Superinterfaces:
ServantManagerOperations
All Known Subinterfaces:
ServantActivator
All Known Implementing Classes:
_ServantActivatorStub, ServantActivatorPOA

public interface ServantActivatorOperations
extends ServantManagerOperations

When the POA has the RETAIN policy it uses servant managers that are ServantActivators.


Method Summary
 void etherealize(byte[] oid, POA adapter, Servant serv, boolean cleanup_in_progress, boolean remaining_activations)
          This operation is invoked whenever a servant for an object is deactivated, assuming the POA has the USE_SERVANT_MANAGER and RETAIN policies.
 Servant incarnate(byte[] oid, POA adapter)
          This operation is invoked by the POA whenever the POA receives a request for an object that is not currently active, assuming the POA has the USE_SERVANT_MANAGER and RETAIN policies.
 

Method Detail

incarnate

public Servant incarnate(byte[] oid,
                         POA adapter)
                  throws ForwardRequest
This operation is invoked by the POA whenever the POA receives a request for an object that is not currently active, assuming the POA has the USE_SERVANT_MANAGER and RETAIN policies.

Parameters:
oid - object Id associated with the object on the request was made.
adapter - object reference for the POA in which the object is being activated.
Returns:
Servant corresponding to oid is created or located by the user supplied servant manager.
Throws:
ForwardRequest - to indicate to the ORB that it is responsible for delivering the current request and subsequent requests to the object denoted in the forward_reference member of the exception.

etherealize

public void etherealize(byte[] oid,
                        POA adapter,
                        Servant serv,
                        boolean cleanup_in_progress,
                        boolean remaining_activations)
This operation is invoked whenever a servant for an object is deactivated, assuming the POA has the USE_SERVANT_MANAGER and RETAIN policies.

Parameters:
oid - object Id associated with the object being deactivated.
adapter - object reference for the POA in which the object was active.
serv - contains reference to the servant associated with the object being deactivated.
cleanup_in_progress - if TRUE indicates that destroy or deactivate is called with etherealize_objects param of TRUE. FALSE indicates that etherealize was called due to other reasons.
remaining_activations - indicates whether the Servant Manager can destroy a servant. If set to TRUE, the Servant Manager should wait until all invocations in progress have completed.

JavaTM 2 Platform
Std. Ed. v1.4.1

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