uk.ac.starlink.srb

Class SRBConnection

java.lang.Object

uk.ac.starlink.connect.Connection

uk.ac.starlink.srb.SRBConnection

public class SRBConnection
extends Connection

Connection to an SRB remote filestore.

Since:

7 Mar 2005

Author:

Mark Taylor (Starlink)

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
SRBConnection(Connector connector, Map keys, edu.sdsc.grid.io.srb.SRBFile rootFile)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Branch	getRoot() Returns the root of the remote filesystem provided by this connection.
boolean	isConnected() Indicates whether this connection is currently up and running.
void	logOut() Closes this connection.

Methods inherited from class uk.ac.starlink.connect.Connection

getAuthValue, getConnector, setLogoutOnExit, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

SRBConnection

public SRBConnection(Connector connector,
                     Map keys,
                     edu.sdsc.grid.io.srb.SRBFile rootFile)
              throws IOException

Throws:

IOException

Method Detail

getRoot

public Branch getRoot()

Description copied from class: Connection

Returns the root of the remote filesystem provided by this connection. This method should not do work, but only return an existing branch (acquired at login time); that is the root branch should not be constructed lazily.

Specified by:

getRoot in class Connection

Returns:

root of the virtual filesystem associated with this connection

isConnected

public boolean isConnected()

Description copied from class: Connection

Indicates whether this connection is currently up and running. Hopefully it will return true until Connection.logOut() has been called, but it's possible that the connection may expire for some reason before that.

Specified by:

isConnected in class Connection

Returns:

true iff connection is up

logOut

public void logOut()
            throws IOException

Description copied from class: Connection

Closes this connection.

Specified by:

logOut in class Connection

Throws:

IOException - if something went wrong