net.jini.lookup.entry

Interface EntryBean

All Known Implementing Classes:

AddressBean, CommentBean, LocationBean, NameBean, ServiceInfoBean, StatusBean, UIDescriptorBean

public interface EntryBean

Interface to be implemented by all JavaBeans(TM) components that act as "front ends" to Entry classes. Such components must follow several patterns:

• The component's name is derived from the name of the Entry class, with "Bean" appended. Thus, the JavaBeans component for the foo.Bar Entry class is foo.BarBean.
• The component has a public no-arg constructor; this creates a new, uninitialized, instance of the JavaBeans component's Entry class.
• For each public object field foo in the associated class, the JavaBeans component has both a setFoo and a getFoo method. The former returns the value of that field in the linked Entry object, and the latter sets the value of that field.

Author:

Sun Microsystems, Inc.

See Also:

Entry

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Entry	followLink() Return the Entry linked to by this JavaBeans component.
void	makeLink(Entry e) Make a link to an Entry object.

Method Detail

makeLink

void makeLink(Entry e)

Make a link to an Entry object.

Parameters:

e - the Entry object to link to

Throws:

ClassCastException - the Entry is not of the correct type for this JavaBeans component

followLink

Entry followLink()

Return the Entry linked to by this JavaBeans component.

Returns:

the entry linked to by this JavaBeans component.