com.novell.nds.dirxml.driver
Class ThreadBridge

java.lang.Object
  com.novell.nds.dirxml.driver.ThreadBridge

public class ThreadBridge
extends Object

ThreadBridge implements a method of calling methods on a different thread.

Constructor Summary

ThreadBridge()
Constructs a ThreadBridge

Method Summary

Object	call(Object object, Method method, Object[] args) send a method call across the bridge
void	close() close the bridge
void	open() open the bridge and wait for stuff to be sent across

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ThreadBridge

public ThreadBridge()

Constructs a ThreadBridge

Method Detail

close

public void close()

close the bridge

open

public void open()

open the bridge and wait for stuff to be sent across

call

public Object call(Object object,
                   Method method,
                   Object[] args)
            throws InvocationTargetException,
                   InterruptedException

send a method call across the bridge

Parameters:

object - object to invoke method on (can be null for static methods)

method - method to invoke

args - arguments to the method

Returns:

the result of the method call (wrapped in the appropriate class if primitive)

Throws:

InvocationTargetException - which wraps any exception that may have been thrown by the invoked method

InterruptedException - if action was interrupted (can't ever happen in java 1.1)