org.wsmo.mediator
Interface Mediator

All Superinterfaces:

Entity, TopEntity

All Known Subinterfaces:

GGMediator, OOMediator, WGMediator, WWMediator

public interface Mediator
extends TopEntity

Method Summary

void	addSource(TopEntity src) add a source component to this mediator.
Identifier	getMediationService() Returns the mediation service of this mediator.
TopEntity	getTarget() Returns the target component of this mediator.
java.util.Set	listSources() Returns set of the source components for this mediator.
void	removeSource(Identifier id) remove a source component from this mediator.
void	removeSource(TopEntity src) remove a source component from this mediator.
void	setMediationSerivice(Identifier medServiceID) Sets the ID of the service which performs the actual mediation.
void	setTarget(TopEntity target) Sets the target component of this mediator.

Methods inherited from interface org.wsmo.common.TopEntity

addMediator, addNamespace, addOntology, findNamespace, getDefaultNamespace, getWsmlVariant, listMediators, listNamespaces, listOntologies, removeMediator, removeMediator, removeNamespace, removeNamespace, removeOntology, removeOntology, setDefaultNamespace, setDefaultNamespace, setWsmlVariant

Methods inherited from interface org.wsmo.common.Entity

addNFPValue, addNFPValue, getIdentifier, listNFPValues, listNFPValues, removeNFP, removeNFPValue, removeNFPValue

Method Detail

listSources

java.util.Set listSources()
                          throws SynchronisationException

Returns set of the source components for this mediator. Depending on the type of the mediator, the source component may be a TopEntity such as WebService, Goal, ...

Returns:

: The set of the source components for this mediator.

Throws:

SynchronisationException

See Also:

TopEntity

addSource

void addSource(TopEntity src)
               throws SynchronisationException,
                      InvalidModelException

add a source component to this mediator.

Parameters:

src - a source component of this mediator.

Throws:

SynchronisationException

InvalidModelException

See Also:

removeSource(TopEntity src), removeSource(Identifier id)

removeSource

void removeSource(TopEntity src)
                  throws SynchronisationException,
                         InvalidModelException

remove a source component from this mediator.

Parameters:

src - : a source component to remove.

Throws:

SynchronisationException

InvalidModelException

See Also:

removeSource(Identifier id)

removeSource

void removeSource(Identifier id)
                  throws SynchronisationException,
                         InvalidModelException

remove a source component from this mediator.

Parameters:

src - : a source component to remove.

Throws:

SynchronisationException

InvalidModelException

See Also:

removeSource(TopEntity src)

getTarget

TopEntity getTarget()
                    throws SynchronisationException

Returns the target component of this mediator. Depending on the type of the mediator, the target component may be a TopEntity such as WebService, Goal, ...

Returns:

: The target component (TopEntity) of this mediator.

Throws:

SynchronisationException

See Also:

setTarget(TopEntity target)

setTarget

void setTarget(TopEntity target)
               throws SynchronisationException,
                      InvalidModelException

Sets the target component of this mediator. Depending on the type of the mediator, the target component may be a TopEntity such as WebService, Goal, ...

Parameters:

target - : The new target component.

Throws:

SynchronisationException

InvalidModelException

See Also:

getTarget()

getMediationService

Identifier getMediationService()
                               throws SynchronisationException

Returns the mediation service of this mediator.

Returns:

: The identificator of the mediation service of this mediator.

Throws:

SynchronisationException

See Also:

setMediationSerivice(Identifier medServiceID)

setMediationSerivice

void setMediationSerivice(Identifier medServiceID)
                          throws SynchronisationException,
                                 InvalidModelException

Sets the ID of the service which performs the actual mediation.

Parameters:

newServiceID - The ID of the service which performs the actual mediation.

Throws:

SynchronisationException

InvalidModelException