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

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
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

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

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.