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//
// $Id$
//
// Narya library - tools for developing networked games
// Copyright (C) 2002-2007 Three Rings Design, Inc., All Rights Reserved
// http://www.threerings.net/code/narya/
//
// This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
// under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published
// by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or
// (at your option) any later version.
//
// This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
// Lesser General Public License for more details.
//
// You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
// License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
// Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
package com.threerings.presents.client;
/**
* Serves as the base interface for invocation services. An invocation service can be defined by
* extending this interface and defining service methods, as well as response listeners (which must
* extend {@link InvocationListener}). For example:
*
* <pre>
* public interface LocationService extends InvocationService
* {
*
* // Used to communicate responses to moveTo() requests.
* public interface MoveListener extends InvocationListener
* {
* // Called in response to a successful moveTo() request.
* void moveSucceeded (PlaceConfig config);
* }
*
* // Requests that this client's body be moved to the specified location.
* //
* // @param placeId the object id of the place object to which the body should be moved.
* // @param listener the listener that will be informed of success or failure.
* void moveTo (int placeId, MoveListener listener);
* }
* </pre>
*
* From this interface, a <code>LocationProvider</code> interface will be generated which should be
* implemented by whatever server entity that will actually provide the server side of this
* invocation service. That provider interface would look like the following:
*
* <pre>
* public interface LocationProvider extends InvocationProvider
* {
* // Requests that this client's body be moved to the specified location.
* //
* // @param caller the client object of the client that invoked this remotely callable method.
* // @param placeId the object id of the place object to which the body should be moved.
* // @param listener the listener that should be informed of success or failure.
* void moveTo (ClientObject caller, int placeId, MoveListener listener)
* throws InvocationException;
* }
* </pre>
*/
public interface InvocationService
{
/**
* Invocation service methods that require a response should take a listener argument that can
* be notified of request success or failure. The listener argument should extend this
* interface so that generic failure can be reported in all cases. For example:
*
* <pre>
* // Used to communicate responses to <code>moveTo</code> requests.
* public interface MoveListener extends InvocationListener
* {
* // Called in response to a successful <code>moveTo</code> request.
* void moveSucceeded (PlaceConfig config);
* }
* </pre>
*/
public static interface InvocationListener
{
/**
* Called to report request failure. If the invocation services system detects failure of
* any kind, it will report it via this callback. Particular services may also make use of
* this callback to report failures of their own, or they may opt to define more specific
* failure callbacks.
*/
void requestFailed (String cause);
}
/**
* Extends the {@link InvocationListener} with a basic success callback.
*/
public static interface ConfirmListener extends InvocationListener
{
/**
* Indicates that the request was successfully processed.
*/
void requestProcessed ();
}
/**
* Extends the {@link InvocationListener} with a basic success callback that delivers a result
* object.
*/
public static interface ResultListener extends InvocationListener
{
/**
* Indicates that the request was successfully processed.
*/
void requestProcessed (Object result);
}
}