*** This interface provides Binary Compatibility only, not Source Compatibility ***

com.sas.services.discovery
Interface PassportInterface

All Superinterfaces:

java.io.Serializable

public interface PassportInterface
extends java.io.Serializable

Passport interface. The passport is used to track the travels of another object in order to provide a mechanism to enable/disable access based upon whether or not the object has already visited a particular destination.

Since:

1.0

Method Summary

void	addId(java.lang.String discoveryServiceId) Stamps the discovery passport with the ID of a discovery service which has processed this service request template.
void	clear() Clears the passport by removing all previously added IDs.
boolean	containsId(java.lang.String discoveryServiceId) Determines whether or not the ID exists in the passport.
boolean	containsId(java.lang.String discoveryServiceId, boolean stampPassport) Determines whether or not the specified discovery service has already processed this service request.
void	removeId(java.lang.String discoveryServiceId) Removes an ID from the passport.

Method Detail

clear

void clear()

Clears the passport by removing all previously added IDs.

containsId

boolean containsId(java.lang.String discoveryServiceId)

Determines whether or not the ID exists in the passport.

Parameters:

discoveryServiceId - The ID that may exist in the passport.

Returns:

true if the ID was already in the passport.

containsId

boolean containsId(java.lang.String discoveryServiceId,
                   boolean stampPassport)

Determines whether or not the specified discovery service has already processed this service request. Optionally stamp the passport if the ID isn't already present.

Parameters:

discoveryServiceId - The ID that may exist in the passport.

stampPassport - true if the passport should be stamped with the ID if its not currently in the passport.

Returns:

true if the ID was already in the passport.

addId

void addId(java.lang.String discoveryServiceId)

Stamps the discovery passport with the ID of a discovery service which has processed this service request template.

Parameters:

discoveryServiceId - The ID to add to the passport.

removeId

void removeId(java.lang.String discoveryServiceId)

Removes an ID from the passport.

Parameters:

discoveryServiceId - The ID to remove from the passport.

*** This interface provides Binary Compatibility only, not Source Compatibility ***