org.apache.geronimo.core.service
Interface Component

All Known Subinterfaces:

Container, RPCContainer

All Known Implementing Classes:

SimpleComponent, SimpleContainer, SimpleRPCContainer

public interface Component

Implements the JSR 77 state model

Version:

$Rev: 355877 $ $Date: 2005-12-11 03:48:27 +0100 (Sun, 11 Dec 2005) $

Method Summary

Container	getContainer() Gets the container to which this component belongs.
void	setContainer(Container container) Sets the container which ownes this component.

Method Detail

getContainer

public Container getContainer()

Gets the container to which this component belongs.

Returns:

the container for which invocations will be intercepted

setContainer

public void setContainer(Container container)
                  throws IllegalStateException,
                         IllegalArgumentException

Sets the container which ownes this component. The contianer can only be set before create() or to null after the destroy().

Parameters:

container - which owns this component

Throws:

IllegalStateException - if this component is not in the not-created or destroyed state

IllegalArgumentException - if this comonent has not been created and the container parameter is null, or the component has been destroyed and the container parameter is NOT null