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* Contributors:
* IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
*******************************************************************************/
package org.eclipse.jem.internal.proxy.remote;
/*
*/
import org.eclipse.jem.internal.proxy.core.*;
/**
* Interface for Remote VM Bean Type Proxy Factories.
* All extension factories for Remote VM must implement this interface.
*/
public interface IREMBeanTypeProxyFactory extends IBeanTypeProxyFactory {
/**
* Return a bean type proxy for the class name.
* Return null if the extension factory doesn't handle this class.
* Don't register any proxies returned, they will automatically be registered.
* This should only return bean type proxies where the factory can determine
* everything it needs, such as supertype and classID.
* NOTE: This is implemented for the usage of the
* standard BeanType proxy factory. It should
* NOT be called by anyone else. They should
* go through the IStandardBeanTypeFactory
* instead. The standard bean type factory
* will call this method on the appropriate
* extension when it needs to.
*
* Creation date: (12/3/99 2:26:12 PM)
*/
public IREMBeanTypeProxy getExtensionBeanTypeProxy(String typeName);
/**
* Return a bean type proxy for the class name.
* Return null if the extension factory doesn't handle this class.
* Don't register any proxies returned, they will automatically be registered.
* This should only return bean type proxies where the factory can determine
* everything it needs, such as supertype and classID.
* NOTE: This is implemented for the usage of the
* standard BeanType proxy factory. It should
* NOT be called by anyone else. They should
* go through the IStandardBeanTypeFactory
* instead. The standard bean type factory
* will call this method on the appropriate
* extension when it needs to.
* @param typeName
* @param expression
* @return
*
* @since 1.1.0
*/
public IProxyBeanType getExtensionBeanTypeProxy(String typeName, IExpression expression);
/**
* Return a bean type proxy for the class id and class name.
* Return null if the extension factory doesn't handle this class.
* Don't register any proxies returned, they will automatically be registered.
* This will be called in the case that a new class id was returned
* from the server that we don't have registered yet. Implementers will
* created a proxy out of the name and the id and return it.
* The supertype will be passed in so that the extension factory doesn't need to
* try to find it.
* NOTE: This is implemented for the usage of the
* standard BeanType proxy factory. It should
* NOT be called by anyone else. They should
* go through the IStandardBeanTypeFactory
* instead. The standard bean type factory
* will call this method on the appropriate
* extension when it needs to.
*
* Creation date: (12/3/99 2:26:12 PM)
*/
public IREMBeanTypeProxy getExtensionBeanTypeProxy(String typeName, Integer classID, IBeanTypeProxy superType);
}