ca.ucalgary.seahawk.gui
Class MobyShimmer

java.lang.Object
  ca.ucalgary.seahawk.gui.MobyShimmer

All Implemented Interfaces:

MobyRequestEventHandler

public class MobyShimmer
extends Object
implements MobyRequestEventHandler

The purpose of this class is to improve service interoperability "shims" by checking the MOBY service listings for services that do format conversion on the given data, then adds service options for the output types of those services, if they aren't in the menu already. Not fully functional yet.

Field Summary

static String

MOBY_SHIM_SERVICE_TYPE

Constructor Summary

MobyShimmer(MobyServicesGUI gui)

MobyShimmer(MobyServicesGUI gui, MobyServiceType serviceType)

Method Summary

void	addPopupOptions(MobyPrimaryData mobyData, JPopupMenu popupList, boolean asynchronous, MobyRequestEventHandler handler)
void	processEvent(MobyRequestEvent mre)
void	start(MobyRequestEvent requestEvent) If a client, denotes that a service request has been sent (and the contents is exactly what is being sent to the service).
void	stop(MobyRequest request, int requestID) If a client, denotes the end of a service request.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

MOBY_SHIM_SERVICE_TYPE

public static final String MOBY_SHIM_SERVICE_TYPE

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

MobyShimmer

public MobyShimmer(MobyServicesGUI gui)
            throws Exception

Throws:

Exception - if the default shim service type cannot be found in the ontology

MobyShimmer

public MobyShimmer(MobyServicesGUI gui,
                   MobyServiceType serviceType)
            throws Exception

Throws:

Exception - if the service type is null.

Method Detail

addPopupOptions

public void addPopupOptions(MobyPrimaryData mobyData,
                            JPopupMenu popupList,
                            boolean asynchronous,
                            MobyRequestEventHandler handler)

start

public void start(MobyRequestEvent requestEvent)

Description copied from interface: MobyRequestEventHandler

If a client, denotes that a service request has been sent (and the contents is exactly what is being sent to the service). If a server, denotes that you should be ready to start receiving events (an init of sorts)

Specified by:

start in interface MobyRequestEventHandler

processEvent

public void processEvent(MobyRequestEvent mre)

Specified by:

processEvent in interface MobyRequestEventHandler

stop

public void stop(MobyRequest request,
                 int requestID)

If a client, denotes the end of a service request. If a server, denotes that the server is shutting down/this event handler should terminate.

Specified by:

stop in interface MobyRequestEventHandler