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Interface weblab.net.Subject

public interface Subject
extends Remote
Subject is the interface to SubjectImp, a data container class. It maintains a list of subscribers and notifies them when its value is updated.

See Also:
SubjectImp

Method Index

o getValue()
Return current value of this Subject.
o name()
Return name of this Subject.
o setValue(Object)
Publish data to this Subject.
o subscribe(String)
o subscribe(SubscriberInt)
Subscribe to this Subject.
o unsubscribe(String)
Unsubscribe to this Subject.

Methods

o name 
 public abstract String name() throws RemoteException
Return name of this Subject.

o getValue 
 public abstract Object getValue() throws RemoteException
Return current value of this Subject.

o subscribe 
 public abstract Object subscribe(SubscriberInt s) throws RemoteException
Subscribe to this Subject. Returns the current Subject value.

Parameters:
s - the Subscriber object
o subscribe 
 public abstract Object subscribe(String s) throws RemoteException
o unsubscribe 
 public abstract boolean unsubscribe(String sn) throws RemoteException
Unsubscribe to this Subject. Return true if successful.

Parameters:
sn - the Subscriber's name
o setValue 
 public abstract boolean setValue(Object value) throws RemoteException
Publish data to this Subject. Return true if successful.

Parameters:
value - the Object to publish. 
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