net.artima.place
Class URLLink

java.lang.Object
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  +--net.artima.place.URLLink

public class URLLink

extends java.lang.Object

implements Link

Represents a link to a resource on the network.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

URLLink(java.lang.String url, ResourceInfo info)
Construct a URLLink.

Method Summary

void	activate() Get and run the resource with a UI represented by this link.
java.lang.Object	getResourceFactory() Get and return the resource factory that can produce represented by this link.
ResourceInfo	getResourceInfo() Get a ResourceInfo class that provides information about this resource suitable for display to users.
java.lang.String	getURL() Returns a URL expression of this Link, if one exists.
boolean	hasURL() Indicates whether or not this Link can be expressed in terms of a URL.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

URLLink

public URLLink(java.lang.String url,
               ResourceInfo info)

Construct a URLLink.

Method Detail

activate

public void activate()
              throws LinkActivationException,
                     java.rmi.RemoteException

Get and run the resource with a UI represented by this link.

Specified by:

activate in interface Link

getResourceFactory

public java.lang.Object getResourceFactory()

Get and return the resource factory that can produce represented by this link.

Specified by:

getResourceFactory in interface Link

getResourceInfo

public ResourceInfo getResourceInfo()

Get a ResourceInfo class that provides information about this resource suitable for display to users.

Specified by:

getResourceInfo in interface Link

hasURL

public boolean hasURL()

Indicates whether or not this Link can be expressed in terms of a URL.

Specified by:

hasURL in interface Link

getURL

public java.lang.String getURL()

Returns a URL expression of this Link, if one exists. If this Link cannot be expressed in terms of a URL, throws NoURLAvailableException. If hasURL() returns true, this method will return a String URL.

Specified by:

getURL in interface Link