Package uk.ac.starlink.plastic

PLatform for AStronomical Tool InterConnection toolkit.

See: Description

Interface Summary

Interface	Description
PlasticApplication	Defines the behaviour of a PLASTIC application.
PlasticConnection	Simple interface describing a connnection to a hub.

Class Summary

Class	Description
ApplicationItem	Represents an application which has been registered with a PLASTIC hub.
BasicApplication	Basic implementation of the PlasticApplication interface.
HubManager	Class which keeps track of registering and unregistering with the PLASTIC hub on behalf of a listening application.
HubTester	Runs tests on an existing PlasticHubListener object.
MessageDefinition	Describes PLASTIC messages known to this package.
MessageId	Convenience class containing URI constants for some of the standard PLASTIC message definitions.
MinimalHub	Minimal PLASTIC hub implementation.
PlasticHub	Plastic hub implementation which provides some user friendly featuers such as logging, message validation, a ListModel which keeps track of registered applications, and a PlasticHub.main(java.lang.String[]) method to start it up.
PlasticListWindow	Window for displaying a JList of PLASTIC applications.
PlasticMonitor	Watches and reports on messages sent over a PLASTIC message bus.
PlasticRequest	PLASTIC client designed for use from the command line which can execute a request.
PlasticTransmitter	Provides actions for transmitting messages of a particular kind using PLASTIC.
PlasticUtils	Utility methods for use with the PLASTIC tool interop protocol.
ServerSet	Provides the servers (XML-RPC and RMI-LITE) which are required for a functioning hub.
ValueType	Defines the type of a value which is passed through the PLASTIC messaging system.

Exception Summary

Exception	Description
HubTestException	Exception thrown to indicate failure of a hub test.
NoHubException	Thrown if it seems that no PLASTIC hub is currently running.
ValueTypeException	Exception thrown when a value passed by a PLASTIC call does not match the ValueType it is supposed to have.

Package uk.ac.starlink.plastic Description

PLatform for AStronomical Tool InterConnection toolkit. This package provides a lightweight and standalone set of classes for use with the PLASTIC protocol.

PlasticHub is a hub implementation. HubManager and PlasticUtils provide useful functions for applications which want to use PLASTIC functionality, either invoking or supporting requests. PlasticMonitor and PlasticRequest are standalone utilities useful for monitoring and manipulating PLASTIC activity from the command line.