org.objectweb.carol.cmi
Class DistributedEquiv

java.lang.Object
  org.objectweb.carol.cmi.DistributedEquiv

public final class DistributedEquiv

extends java.lang.Object

Manage equivalences between objects in the cluster. Two objects are equivalent if their keys have the same value (key1.equals(key2)). The keys prefixed with "REG_" are reserved by the RegistryImpl. No other module should generate such keys.

Author:

Simon Nieuviarts

Constructor Summary

DistributedEquiv()

Method Summary

static DistributedEquiv	start() The first one which calls this method starts the DistributedEquiv system.
void	stop() Terminate the Distributed Equivalent System

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

DistributedEquiv

public DistributedEquiv()

Method Detail

start

public static DistributedEquiv start()
                              throws ServerConfigException

The first one which calls this method starts the DistributedEquiv system. It can be the only one to stop it with the ref it gets.

Returns:

Distributed Equivalent System

Throws:

ServerConfigException - if exception is encountered

stop

public void stop()
          throws ServerConfigException

Terminate the Distributed Equivalent System

Throws:

ServerConfigException, - if error during stopping

ServerConfigException