org.agilewiki.jactor.pubsub.publisher

Interface Publisher

All Superinterfaces:

Actor, ActorName, Subscriber, TargetActor

All Known Implementing Classes:

JAPublisher

public interface Publisher
extends Subscriber

A publisher actor.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Subscriber	getSubscriber(String subscriberName) Get a subscriber.
void	publish(Request publishRequest, RP rp) Publish a request to all the appropriate subscribers.
boolean	subscribe(Subscriber subscriber) Subscribe to the publisher.
boolean	unsubscribe(Subscriber subscriber) Unsubscribe from the publisher.

Methods inherited from interface org.agilewiki.jactor.pubsub.subscriber.Subscriber

subscribed, unsubscribed

Methods inherited from interface org.agilewiki.jactor.pubsub.actorName.ActorName

getActorName, setActorName

Methods inherited from interface org.agilewiki.jactor.lpc.TargetActor

setExceptionHandler

Methods inherited from interface org.agilewiki.jactor.Actor

acceptEvent, acceptRequest, getActorType, getAncestor, getFactory, getMailbox, getMatch, getParent, hasDataItem, setInitialBufferCapacity

Method Detail

subscribe

boolean subscribe(Subscriber subscriber)
                  throws Exception

Subscribe to the publisher.

Parameters:

subscriber - The subscribing actor.

Returns:

True when a new name has been added.

Throws:

Exception

unsubscribe

boolean unsubscribe(Subscriber subscriber)
                    throws Exception

Unsubscribe from the publisher.

Parameters:

subscriber - The subscribing actor.

Returns:

True when an actor is unsubscribed.

Throws:

Exception

getSubscriber

Subscriber getSubscriber(String subscriberName)
                         throws Exception

Get a subscriber.

Parameters:

subscriberName - The name of the subscriber.

Returns:

The subscriber, or null.

Throws:

Exception

publish

void publish(Request publishRequest,
           RP rp)
             throws Exception

Publish a request to all the appropriate subscribers.

Parameters:

publishRequest - The request to be published.

rp - The response processor.

Throws:

Exception