anon.infoservice
Class AbstractMixCascadeContainer

java.lang.Object
  java.util.Observable
      anon.client.BasicTrustModel
          anon.infoservice.AbstractMixCascadeContainer

All Implemented Interfaces:

ITrustModel, IServiceContainer

Direct Known Subclasses:

AbstractAutoSwitchedMixCascadeContainer, AnonProxy.DummyMixCascadeContainer, AnonProxy.EncapsulatedMixCascadeContainer, SimpleMixCascadeContainer

public abstract class AbstractMixCascadeContainer
extends BasicTrustModel
implements IServiceContainer

This class keeps and returns one or more objects of the class MixCascade.

Author:

Rolf Wendolsky

Constructor Summary

AbstractMixCascadeContainer()

Method Summary

abstract MixCascade	getCurrentCascade() Returns the last return value of getNextCascade().
AnonServerDescription	getCurrentService()
abstract MixCascade	getNextCascade() Must return a MixCascade and never null.
abstract boolean	isReconnectedAutomatically()
abstract boolean	isServiceAutoSwitched()
abstract void	keepCurrentService(boolean a_bKeepCurrentService) Optional method that should allow to return the last MixCascade (Service) that was returned by getNextService() also the next time this method is called.

Methods inherited from class anon.client.BasicTrustModel

checkTrust, isTrusted, isTrusted

Methods inherited from class java.util.Observable

addObserver, clearChanged, countObservers, deleteObserver, deleteObservers, hasChanged, notifyObservers, notifyObservers, setChanged

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface anon.client.ITrustModel

checkTrust, isTrusted

Constructor Detail

AbstractMixCascadeContainer

public AbstractMixCascadeContainer()

Method Detail

getNextCascade

public abstract MixCascade getNextCascade()

Must return a MixCascade and never null. The returned MixCascade may change with every call of this method.

Returns:

a MixCascade and never null

getCurrentCascade

public abstract MixCascade getCurrentCascade()

Returns the last return value of getNextCascade().

Returns:

the last return value of getNextCascade() (may be null if no call has been done yet)

getCurrentService

public final AnonServerDescription getCurrentService()

keepCurrentService

public abstract void keepCurrentService(boolean a_bKeepCurrentService)

Optional method that should allow to return the last MixCascade (Service) that was returned by getNextService() also the next time this method is called.

Specified by:

keepCurrentService in interface IServiceContainer

Parameters:

a_bKeepCurrentService - allows or dissallows to keep the current cascade for the next call

isServiceAutoSwitched

public abstract boolean isServiceAutoSwitched()

Specified by:

isServiceAutoSwitched in interface IServiceContainer

isReconnectedAutomatically

public abstract boolean isReconnectedAutomatically()

Specified by:

isReconnectedAutomatically in interface IServiceContainer