com.webobjects.eoapplication.client
Class EOClientApplicationSupport

java.lang.Object
  com.webobjects.eoapplication.EOApplication.ApplicationSupport
      com.webobjects.eoapplication.client.EOClientApplicationSupport

public class EOClientApplicationSupport

extends EOApplication.ApplicationSupport

EOClientApplicationSupport is an EOApplication.ApplicationSupport subclass used with three-tier Java Client applications. The main function on EOClientApplicationSupport is the entry point used for these kind of applications.

Constructor Summary

EOClientApplicationSupport(boolean remoteRequestArguments)
Creates a new EOClientApplicationSupport object.

Method Summary

void	acknowledgeQuit() Notifies the server that the client is about to quit so that it can terminate the session.
EODistributionChannel	channelWithParameters(NSDictionary parameters) Creates a new distribution channel to be used with the application.
static void	main(String[] argv) Main entry point for three-tier Java Client applications.
void	prepareApplication(EOApplication application, NSDictionary arguments) Sets the application name and a client-side specific defaults manager.
void	prepareClasses(NSDictionary arguments) Initializes some client-side principal classes and the distribution channel if that has not already happened.
void	prepareGlobalObjects(NSDictionary arguments) Initializes all client-side principal classes and a client-side specific data source factory and resource bundle.
void	refreshData() Refreshes the enterprise objects fetched to the client with to reflect the latest state known on the server.
void	runStartupDialogs(NSDictionary arguments) If requested with the "runApplicationURLDialog" argument, runs a URL connection dialog to ask for the server URL.

Methods inherited from class com.webobjects.eoapplication.EOApplication.ApplicationSupport

finishStartup

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

EOClientApplicationSupport

public EOClientApplicationSupport(boolean remoteRequestArguments)

Creates a new EOClientApplicationSupport object.

Parameters:

remoteRequestArguments - true if additional arguments need to be requested from the server; false if all arguments have already been retrieved

Method Detail

acknowledgeQuit

public void acknowledgeQuit()

Notifies the server that the client is about to quit so that it can terminate the session.

Overrides:

acknowledgeQuit in class EOApplication.ApplicationSupport

channelWithParameters

public EODistributionChannel channelWithParameters(NSDictionary parameters)

Creates a new distribution channel to be used with the application.

Parameters:

parameters - the connection parameters

Returns:

the new distribution channel

main

public static void main(String[] argv)

Main entry point for three-tier Java Client applications.

Parameters:

argv - the application arguments

prepareApplication

public void prepareApplication(EOApplication application,
                               NSDictionary arguments)

Sets the application name and a client-side specific defaults manager.

Overrides:

prepareApplication in class EOApplication.ApplicationSupport

Parameters:

application - the EOApplication instance

arguments - the arguments to the application known at this time

prepareClasses

public void prepareClasses(NSDictionary arguments)

Initializes some client-side principal classes and the distribution channel if that has not already happened.

Overrides:

prepareClasses in class EOApplication.ApplicationSupport

Parameters:

arguments - the arguments to the application known at this time

prepareGlobalObjects

public void prepareGlobalObjects(NSDictionary arguments)

Initializes all client-side principal classes and a client-side specific data source factory and resource bundle. Also creates a distributed object store and registers it as default parent object store for editing contexts.

Overrides:

prepareGlobalObjects in class EOApplication.ApplicationSupport

Parameters:

arguments - the arguments to the application known at this time

refreshData

public void refreshData()

Refreshes the enterprise objects fetched to the client with to reflect the latest state known on the server.

Overrides:

refreshData in class EOApplication.ApplicationSupport

runStartupDialogs

public void runStartupDialogs(NSDictionary arguments)

If requested with the "runApplicationURLDialog" argument, runs a URL connection dialog to ask for the server URL.

Overrides:

runStartupDialogs in class EOApplication.ApplicationSupport

Parameters:

arguments - the arguments to the application known at this time