summaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/TAO/examples/POA/Loader/Servant_Locator.h
blob: 280e11c08e7490f7a8af733c4a349613153671a6 (plain)
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
// This may look like C, but it's really -*- C++ -*-
// $Id$

//================================================================================
//
// = LIBRARY
//     TAO/examples/POA/Loader
//
// = FILENAME
//     Servant_Locator.h
//
// = DESCRIPTION
//     Defines a ServantLocator_i class , used with a POA having
//     a NON_RETAIN policy. 
//
// = AUTHOR
//     Kirthika Parameswaran <kirthika@cs.wustl.edu>
//
//==================================================================================

#include "ace/OS.h"

#ifndef SERVANT_LOCATOR_H
#define SERVANT_LOCATOR_H

#include "tao/corba.h"
#include "ace/DLL.h"

class ServantLocator_i : public POA_PortableServer::ServantLocator
{
  // = TITLE
  //   This class is used by a POA with USE_SERVANT_MANAGER and
  //   NON_RETAIN policy.
  // 
  // = DESCRIPTION
  //   This class defines the Servant Locator interface of the Servant
  //   Manager. It is invoked when the POA has an USE_SERVANT_MANAGER
  //   policy and a servant_retention policy of NON_RETAIN type.
public:
  typedef PortableServer::Servant 
           (*SERVANT_FACTORY) (const PortableServer::ObjectId &oid,
                               PortableServer::POA_ptr poa,
                               CORBA::ORB_ptr orb);
  // This typedef is used to typecast the void* obtained when finding
  // a symbol in the dll. Invoking the function pointer obtained would
  // get a servant.

  typedef void 
          (*SERVANT_GARBAGE_COLLECTOR) (const PortableServer::ObjectId &oid,
                                        PortableServer::POA_ptr,
                                        PortableServer::Servant servant);
  // This typedef is used to obtain the garbage_collection_function symbol
  // in the dll. Invoking the function pointer obtained would then destroy 
  // the servant.
  
  ServantLocator_i (CORBA::ORB_ptr orb,
                    const char *dllname,
                    const char *factory_function,
                    const char *garbage_collection_function);
  // Constructor.

  virtual PortableServer::Servant preinvoke (const PortableServer::ObjectId &oid,
                                             PortableServer::POA_ptr adapter,
                                             const char *operation,
                                             PortableServer::ServantLocator::Cookie &the_cookie,
                                             CORBA::Environment &env);
  // This method is invoked by a POA whenever it receives a request
  // for MyFoo object that is not currently active.  When the POA is
  // created using the NON_RETAIN policy the Active Object Map is not
  // maintained, in other words, an association between the ObjectId
  // and the servant is not maintained. Hence every client request the
  // servant has to be loaded. Note the operation argument. This
  // argument specifies the operation to be invoked on the
  // servant. The cookie helps in marking the servant. This marking is
  // useful while destroying the servant.

  virtual void postinvoke (const PortableServer::ObjectId &oid,
                           PortableServer::POA_ptr adapter,
                           const char *operation,
                           PortableServer::ServantLocator::Cookie the_cookie,
                           PortableServer::Servant the_servant,
                           CORBA::Environment &env);
  // This method is invoked whenever a MyFooServant completes a
  // request. As the Servant Loactor interface is used when the POA
  // doesnt maintain the Active Object Map, its necessary to get rid
  // of the servant after the client request has been processed. The
  // appropriate servant is destroyed by verifying the cookie.Again
  // this method is invoked per client request.

private:
  ACE_CString dllname_;
  // The name of the dll containing the servant.
  
  ACE_CString create_symbol_;
  // The symbol which on getting invoked will give us the servant
  // pointer.

  ACE_DLL dll_;
  // The ACE_DLL object which performs the task of loading the dll
  // and accessing it.

  SERVANT_FACTORY servant_supplier_;
  // The function pointer of factory_function type.

  SERVANT_GARBAGE_COLLECTOR servant_garbage_collector_;
  // The function pointer of garbage_collection_function type.

  CORBA::ORB_var orb_;
  // A reference to the ORB.
};

#endif /* SERVANT_LOCATOR_H */