com.artima.place
Class URLLink

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

All Implemented Interfaces:

Link, java.io.Serializable

public final class URLLink

extends java.lang.Object

implements Link

Represents a URL-based link to a service on the network.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

URLLink(URLString url)
Construct a URLLink with a URLString.

URLLink(URLString[] urls)
Construct a URLLink with an array of URLStrings.

Method Summary

LinkActivation

activate(ActivationClient client) Invokes activationSucceeded() on the passed ActivationClient, passing to activationSucceeded() a ServiceItem that contains a URLFactory service and null references for the ServiceID and attributes set (the Entry array).

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

URLLink

public URLLink(URLString url)

Construct a URLLink with a URLString.

Parameters:

url - the URL to be contained in the URLFactory produced when this link is activated.

Throws:

NullPointerException - if passed url reference is null

URLLink

public URLLink(URLString[] urls)

Construct a URLLink with an array of URLStrings.

Parameters:

urls - the URLs, in order, to be contained in the URLFactory produced when this link is activated.

Throws:

NullPointerException - if passed urls array is null

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if passed urls array is empty

Method Detail

activate

public LinkActivation activate(ActivationClient client)

Invokes activationSucceeded() on the passed ActivationClient, passing to activationSucceeded() a ServiceItem that contains a URLFactory service and null references for the ServiceID and attributes set (the Entry array).

Specified by:

activate in interface Link

Parameters:

client - the ActivationClient that will notified when this link activation completes

Returns:

the LinkActivation object with which the client can interact with this activation of this link.

Throws:

NullPointerException - if passed client is null