org.eclipse.ecf.remoteservice
Interface IRemoteCall

All Known Subinterfaces:

IRestCall

All Known Implementing Classes:

RemoteCall, RemoteCallImpl, RemoteCallMethod, RestCall

public interface IRemoteCall

Instances of this interface are used to invoke a method call on a remote service

See Also:

IRemoteService

Field Summary

static long

DEFAULT_TIMEOUT Default remote call timeout is set to the value of system property 'ecf.remotecall.timeout'.

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getMethod() Get the method name to call on the remote.
java.lang.Object[]	getParameters() Get the method parameters of the method to call on the remote.
long	getTimeout() Get timeout (in ms) for the remote call.

Field Detail

DEFAULT_TIMEOUT

static final long DEFAULT_TIMEOUT

Default remote call timeout is set to the value of system property 'ecf.remotecall.timeout'. If system property not set, the default is set to 30000ms (30s).

Since:

4.0

Method Detail

getMethod

java.lang.String getMethod()

Get the method name to call on the remote. Must return a non-null and non-empty string

Returns:

String name of method to call on the remote

getParameters

java.lang.Object[] getParameters()

Get the method parameters of the method to call on the remote. Will return a non-null array of Object parameters. The given Objects in the array must be be Serializable so that they may be serialized to deliver to remote.

Returns:

Object [] the parameters to be provided for this call. Will not be null, but may be empty array.

getTimeout

long getTimeout()

Get timeout (in ms) for the remote call.

Returns:

long timeout in ms