org.mmbase.bridge
Class ContextProvider

java.lang.Object
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  +--org.mmbase.bridge.ContextProvider

public class ContextProvider

extends java.lang.Object

Main class to aquire CloudContexts

Since:

MMBase-1.5

Version:

$Id: ContextProvider.java,v 1.2.4.1 2003/07/01 09:17:10 keesj Exp $

Author:

Kees Jongenburger

Constructor Summary

ContextProvider()

Method Summary

static CloudContext	getCloudContext(java.lang.String uri) Factory method to get an instance of a CloudContext.
static CloudContext	getDefaultCloudContext() this method returns the default cloud context.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

ContextProvider

public ContextProvider()

Method Detail

getCloudContext

public static CloudContext getCloudContext(java.lang.String uri)

Factory method to get an instance of a CloudContext. Depending on the uri parameter given the CloudContext might be a local context or a remote context (rmi)

Parameters:

uri - an identifier for the context
possible values:

• local : will return a local context
• rmi://hostname:port/contextname : will return a remote context
• a null parameter: will return a local context

Returns:

a cloud context

Throws:

java.lang.RuntimeException - if anything wrong happends

getDefaultCloudContext

public static CloudContext getDefaultCloudContext()

this method returns the default cloud context. it is equals to LocalContext.getCloudContext();

Since:

MMBase-1.6.4 (backport from MMBase-1.7 for compatibility)