edburns%acm.org ebef5f4da8 bug=80906
ra=edburns
author=Nikolay Igotti

Major cleanup and new component architecture for Waterfall.


git-svn-id: svn://10.0.0.236/trunk@99134 18797224-902f-48f8-a5cc-f745e15eee43
2001-07-12 19:58:29 +00:00

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/* -*- Mode: Java; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*-
*
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*
* The Original Code is The Waterfall Java Plugin Module
*
* The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Sun Microsystems Inc
* Portions created by Sun Microsystems Inc are Copyright (C) 2001
* All Rights Reserved.
*
* $Id: ObjectFactory.java,v 1.2 2001-07-12 19:57:54 edburns%acm.org Exp $
*
* Contributor(s):
*
* Nikolay N. Igotti <nikolay.igotti@Sun.Com>
*/
package sun.jvmp;
import java.util.Enumeration;
import java.security.*;
/**
* This interface describes interface to be implemented by object factory
* if it likes to be used by Waterfall actors.
* Protocol:
* 1. getCIDs(), if returned null - done
* 2. call handleConflict() on every conflicting CID (see handleConflict())
* XXX: shouldn't interface be locked on conflict resolution time?
* 3. now object factory is ready to produce object instances using
* instantiate()
* 4. also permissions provided by this ObjectFactory used by system policy
**/
public interface ObjectFactory {
/**
* Returns name of this object factory. Also can be used for
* versioning, i.e. name can be
* WF-AppletViewer:00001
* and so useful in conflict resolution
**/
public String getName();
/**
* Returns list of CIDs this object factory provides
**/
public Enumeration getCIDs();
/**
* This method called with a rejected CID and conficting object factory.
* Returned value true if ObjectFactory insist to be the owner of this CID,
* false otherwise.
* If both returned true, or both returned false - status quo is saved.
* Otherwise factory returned true becomes owner of CID.
* Using this protocol, versioning issues can be solved easily.
**/
public boolean handleConflict(String cid,
ObjectFactory f);
/**
* When Waterfall asked to create instance of object with given CID
* - this method got called.
**/
public Object instantiate(String cid, Object arg);
/**
* Object factory allowed to extend Waterfall security policy
* using this method. Usually this method used to grant certain
* permissions to itself, but also can be used to define system-wide policy.
* This isn't recommended in generic case, but some kind of extensions,
* for example applet viewers, cannot avoid it.
**/
public PermissionCollection getPermissions(CodeSource codesource);
}