org.mbari.siam.distributed
Interface Parent

All Known Implementing Classes:

NodeManager

public interface Parent

Parent represents the processing/management environment into which an Instrument is installed. Parent exposes some functionality of a an implementation (e.g. NodeService) to Instrument.

Author:

Kent Headley

Method Summary

Location	getLocation(long deviceID) Return location of specified device.
long	getParentId() Return this parent's ISI ID.
java.lang.String	getSoftwareVersion() Return software version information for parent environment.
boolean	powerAvailable(int milliamp) Request power from the parent; return true if available, false if unavailable.
void	publish(java.util.EventObject event) Publish specified event.
void	runDiagnostics(java.lang.String note) Run parent's diagnostics.

Method Detail

getParentId

long getParentId()
                 throws java.rmi.RemoteException

Return this parent's ISI ID.

Throws:

java.rmi.RemoteException

getLocation

Location getLocation(long deviceID)
                     throws java.rmi.RemoteException

Return location of specified device.

Throws:

java.rmi.RemoteException

runDiagnostics

void runDiagnostics(java.lang.String note)
                    throws java.lang.Exception,
                           java.rmi.RemoteException

Run parent's diagnostics. Throws exception if diagnostics cannot be run.

Throws:

java.lang.Exception

java.rmi.RemoteException

getSoftwareVersion

java.lang.String getSoftwareVersion()

Return software version information for parent environment.

publish

void publish(java.util.EventObject event)

Publish specified event.

powerAvailable

boolean powerAvailable(int milliamp)

Request power from the parent; return true if available, false if unavailable.