com.vii.brillien.kernel.axiom.atomic.Commander Maven / Gradle / Ivy
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package com.vii.brillien.kernel.axiom.atomic;
import com.vii.brillien.kernel.BrillienException;
import com.vii.brillien.kernel.axiom.transport.Communication;
import java.util.Collection;
/**
* Commander is a central management object in Brillien. Features:
* - maintain and manage all Presence instance in the running system
* - common interface for all Presence object to able to collect information about other Presence objects
* - registration-based Presence management
*
* The Commander object is a Unit, so Brillien is a Commander object graph and every Commander object may contain any Presence object, a Commander as well in fact. However, this would signify a very-very complex system. In most cases, a single Liaison is sufficient for all purposes.
*/
public interface Commander extends Flow {
/**
* Registers a Presence. It is performed after loading a component from the deployment directory.
* @param Presence class reference for the Presence type
* @param generic type representing the Presence origin
* @return name of the Presence component
*/
String registerPresence( Class Presence ) throws BrillienException;
/**
* Makes a presence "clone". An already registered presence will be registered with a new name, thus reusing entity. Name must be unique.
* @param Presence class reference for the Presence type
* @param cloneName name of the clone
* @param generic type representing the Presence origin
* @return name of the Presence component
*/
String registerPresence( Class Presence, String cloneName ) throws BrillienException;
/**
* Makes a presence "clone". An already registered presence will be registered with a new name, thus reusing entity. The Presence type will be identified by its publishing name. Name must be unique.
* @param originalName name of the original Presence
* @param cloneName name of the clone
* @return name of the Presence component
*/
String registerPresence(String originalName, String cloneName) throws BrillienException;
/**
* Unregisters a Presence by its name.
* @param PresenceName presence to be unregistered
*/
void unregisterPresence( String PresenceName ) throws BrillienException;
/**
* @return the list of published components
*/
Collection getPresenceNames();
/**
* Tells whether a Presence with the given name exists
* @param name name of the presence
*/
boolean hasPresence( String name );
/**
* @return list of managers of published components
*/
Collection getPresenceManagers();
/**
* Get the Presence Manager of a Presence type by its name
* @param name name of the Presence type
* @return Presence Manager of the given Presence type
*/
P getPresenceManagerOf( String name );
/**
* Sets the name of the Presence providing SSO functionality
*/
void setSSOPresenceName( String PresenceName );
/**
* Sets the name of the Presence providing SSO functionality
*/
void setApyKeyPresenceName( String PresenceName );
}