PaP
Class Actor

java.lang.Object
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  +--PaP.Actor

All Implemented Interfaces:

ActorInterface, ControlInterface, java.rmi.Remote, java.io.Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

ApplicationActor, DirectorActor

public abstract class Actor

extends java.lang.Object

implements ActorInterface, ControlInterface, java.io.Serializable

Actor is the core representative of the whole theater concept. It is the abstract superclass of both ApplicationActor and DirectorActor.

See Also:

ApplicationActor, DirectorActor, ActorInterface, ControlInterface, Serialized Form

Field Summary

protected BaseFrame	bf Reference to an actor's BaseFrame.
ActorContext	context Context data for this Actor
protected FaultHandler	fh Fault handler for actor

Constructor Summary

Actor()
Creates a new Actor.j

Method Summary

protected RoleSession	findRoleSession(java.lang.String pRSId) Convenient method to search the actor's context for the specified role session.
java.lang.String	getGAI() Returns the GAI of this actor in the form of a string.
void	init(ActorContext pContext) Initializes the Actor and sets the actor context to the specified context.
void	start() Implementation of the start method from the ActorInterface that does nothing.
Item	status() Returns a status report of this actor in the form of an Item instance.
void	term() Terminates this actor's baseframe.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface PaP.ActorInterface

actorEntry

Methods inherited from interface PaP.ControlInterface

control

Field Detail

bf

protected BaseFrame bf

Reference to an actor's BaseFrame. A BaseFrame is an interactive debug client window that the entities PNES, PAS, Actor, and DebugServer.

context

public ActorContext context

Context data for this Actor

fh

protected FaultHandler fh

Fault handler for actor

Constructor Detail

Actor

public Actor()

Creates a new Actor.j

Method Detail

findRoleSession

protected RoleSession findRoleSession(java.lang.String pRSId)

Convenient method to search the actor's context for the specified role session. It simply passes on to context.rsc.findRoleSession in order to be transparent to Applications.

Returns:

Returns a reference to the rolesession with the specified ID if it is found, else it returns null.

getGAI

public java.lang.String getGAI()

Returns the GAI of this actor in the form of a string. The string is of the form 'Actor:////'.

Returns:

The actor's GAI.

init

public void init(ActorContext pContext)

Initializes the Actor and sets the actor context to the specified context. This method is provided to leave the constructor empty.

Parameters:

pContext - The context of this Actor.

start

public void start()

Implementation of the start method from the ActorInterface that does nothing.

Specified by:

start in interface ActorInterface

status

public Item status()

Returns a status report of this actor in the form of an Item instance. An Item is an information element that can contain other items in a hierarchy.

Returns:

The status of this actor.

term

public void term()

Terminates this actor's baseframe. Common termination point for all actors.

Specified by:

term in interface ActorInterface