org.eclipse.vtp.framework.core
Interface IProcessContext

All Superinterfaces:

IContext, ILogger, IReporter

All Known Subinterfaces:

IActionContext, IExecutionContext, ISessionContext

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractActionContext, AbstractExecutionContext, AbstractProcessContext, AbstractSessionContext, ActionContextWrapper, Execution.Context, ExecutionContextWrapper, Process.Context, ProcessContextWrapper, Sequence.Context, Session.Context, SessionContextWrapper

public interface IProcessContext
extends IContext

A service available to all services at any scope.

Author:

Lonnie Pryor

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface org.eclipse.vtp.framework.core.IReporter

SEVERITY_DEBUG, SEVERITY_ERROR, SEVERITY_INFO, SEVERITY_WARN

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getProcessID() Returns the ID of this process.
java.lang.Object	getProperty(java.lang.String propertyName) Returns the value of the process-level configuration property with the specified name or null if no such property exists.
java.lang.Class	loadClass(java.lang.String className) Loads a class visible to the process.

Methods inherited from interface org.eclipse.vtp.framework.core.IContext

lookup, lookupAll

Methods inherited from interface org.eclipse.vtp.framework.core.ILogger

debug, debug, debug, debug, error, error, error, error, info, info, info, info, isDebugEnabled, isErrorEnabled, isInfoEnabled, isWarnEnabled, log, log, log, log, warn, warn, warn, warn

Methods inherited from interface org.eclipse.vtp.framework.core.IReporter

isSeverityEnabled, report, report, report, report

Method Detail

getProcessID

java.lang.String getProcessID()

Returns the ID of this process.

Returns:

The ID of this process.

getProperty

java.lang.Object getProperty(java.lang.String propertyName)
                             throws java.lang.NullPointerException

Returns the value of the process-level configuration property with the specified name or null if no such property exists.

Parameters:

propertyName - The name of the configuration property to return.

Returns:

The value of the process-level configuration property with the specified name or null if no such property exists.

Throws:

java.lang.NullPointerException - If the supplied property name is null.

loadClass

java.lang.Class loadClass(java.lang.String className)
                          throws java.lang.ClassNotFoundException,
                                 java.lang.NullPointerException

Loads a class visible to the process.

Parameters:

className - The name of the class to load.

Returns:

The requested class instance.

Throws:

java.lang.ClassNotFoundException - If a class with the specified name cannot be found.

java.lang.NullPointerException - If the supplied class name is null.