com.ibm.wsspi.collective.repository
Class RepositoryConnectionFactory

java.lang.Object
  extended by com.ibm.wsspi.collective.repository.RepositoryConnectionFactory

public class RepositoryConnectionFactory
extends java.lang.Object

The RepositoryConnectionFactory creates (or retrieves) RepositoryClient and RepositoryMember.

The RepositoryClient or RepositoryMember returned can be held for a reasonable amount of time, and changes to the collective feature configuration will be gracefully handled.

The RepositoryConnectionFactory is also exposed as an OSGi service so that consumers of the service can block until the RepositoryConnectionFactory is ready, that is at least the RepositoryClient and RepositoryMember are available.


Constructor Summary
RepositoryConnectionFactory()
           
 
Method Summary
static RepositoryClient getRepositoryClient()
          Retrieve a RepositoryClient connection.
static RepositoryMember getRepositoryMember()
          Retrieve a RepositoryMember connection.
 RepositoryClient obtainRepositoryClient()
          Instance method used to invoke getRepositoryClient().
 RepositoryMember obtainRepositoryMember()
          Instance method used to invoke getRepositoryMember().
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 

Constructor Detail

RepositoryConnectionFactory

public RepositoryConnectionFactory()
Method Detail

getRepositoryClient

public static RepositoryClient getRepositoryClient()
Retrieve a RepositoryClient connection.

If no implementation is available, null will be returned and an error message will be logged.

Returns:
RepositoryClient implementation if available, null otherwise.

obtainRepositoryClient

public RepositoryClient obtainRepositoryClient()
Instance method used to invoke getRepositoryClient().

This method is used for obtaining the RepositoryClient when the RepositoryConnectionFactory is used as a service.

See Also:
getRepositoryClient()

getRepositoryMember

public static RepositoryMember getRepositoryMember()
Retrieve a RepositoryMember connection.

If no implementation is available, null will be returned and an error message will be logged.

Returns:
RepositoryMember implementation if available, null otherwise.

obtainRepositoryMember

public RepositoryMember obtainRepositoryMember()
Instance method used to invoke getRepositoryMember().

This method is used for obtaining the RepositoryMember when the RepositoryConnectionFactory is used as a service.

See Also:
getRepositoryMember()