ActivationID.java

/* ActivationID.java -- the object activation identifier
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package java.rmi.activation;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.ObjectInputStream;
import java.io.ObjectOutputStream;
import java.io.Serializable;
import java.rmi.Remote;
import java.rmi.RemoteException;
import java.rmi.server.UID;

/**
 * Denotes the object that can be activated over time. The instance of the
 * ActivationID for the given object can be obtained in the following ways:
 * <ul>
 * <li>via {@link Activatable#register(ActivationDesc)}</li>
 * <li>via Activatable constructor</li>
 * <li>via Activatable.exportObject
 * <li>
 * </ul>
 * An instance of the ActivationID has the {@link UID} as its component and
 * hence is globally unique.
 * 
 * @author Audrius Meskauskas (audriusa@bioinformatics.org) (from stub)
 */
public class ActivationID
    implements Serializable
{
  /**
   * Use SVUID for interoperability.
   */
  static final long serialVersionUID = - 4608673054848209235L;

  /**
   * The activator.
   */
  transient Activator activator;
  
  /**
   * The UID, making this instance unique.
   */
  transient UID uid; 
  
  /**
   * The activation group that has activated the object with this
   * activation id. The field is filled in inside the group and is used
   * to notify the group about the request to inactivated the object.
   */
  transient ActivationGroup group;

  /**
   * Create a new instance with the given activator.
   * 
   * @param an_activator tha activator that should activate the object.
   */
  public ActivationID(Activator an_activator)
  {
    activator = an_activator;
    uid = new UID();
  }
   
  /**
   * Activate the object.
   * 
   * @param force if true, always contact the group. Otherwise, the cached value
   *          may be returned.
   * @return the activated object
   * @throws UnknownObjectException if the object is unknown
   * @throws ActivationException if the activation has failed
   * @throws RemoteException if the remote call has failed
   */
  public Remote activate(boolean force) throws ActivationException,
      UnknownObjectException, RemoteException
  {
        try
          {
            return (Remote) activator.activate(this, force).get();
          }
        catch (IOException e)
          {
            ActivationException acex = new ActivationException("id "+uid, e);
            throw acex;            
          }
        catch (ClassNotFoundException e)
          {
            ActivationException acex = new ActivationException("id "+uid, e);
            throw acex;
          }
  }
  
  /**
   * Returns the hash code of the activator.
   */
  public int hashCode()
  {
    return uid == null ? 0 : uid.hashCode();
  }
  
  /**
   * Compares the activators for equality.
   */
  public boolean equals(Object obj)
  {
    if (obj instanceof ActivationID)
      {
        ActivationID that = (ActivationID) obj;
        return eq(uid, that.uid);
      }
    else
      return false;
  }
  
  /**
   * Read the object from the input stream.
   * 
   * @param in the stream to read from
   * 
   * @throws IOException if thrown by the stream
   * @throws ClassNotFoundException
   */
  private void readObject(ObjectInputStream in) throws IOException,
      ClassNotFoundException
  {
     uid = (UID) in.readObject();
     activator = (Activator) in.readObject();
  }
  
  /**
   * Write the object to the output stream.
   * 
   * @param out the stream to write int
   * @throws IOException if thrown by the stream
   * @throws ClassNotFoundException
   */
  private void writeObject(ObjectOutputStream out) throws IOException,
      ClassNotFoundException
  {
    out.writeObject(uid);
    out.writeObject(activator);
  };
  
  /**
   * Compare by .equals if both a and b are not null, compare directly if at
   * least one of them is null.
   */
  static final boolean eq(Object a, Object b)
  {
    if (a == null || b == null)
      return a == b;
    else
      return a.equals(b);
  }  

  /**
   * Return the content based string representation.
   */
  public String toString()
  {
    return uid.toString();
  }
  
}