gov.nasa.arc.brahms.vm.api.common
Interface IContext

public interface IContext

The IContext interface is an interface to a context object that maintains context information relevant for certain API calls.

Version:

9 April 2001

Author:

Ron van Hoof

Method Summary

IVMInstance	getOwner() Returns the IVMInstance that owns this context
void	setContextInformation(java.lang.Object obj) Sets context information in the specified object.

Method Detail

setContextInformation

void setContextInformation(java.lang.Object obj)
                           throws ExternalException

Sets context information in the specified object.

Parameters:

obj - the Object in which to set context information

Throws:

ExternalException - if the specified object is not allowed to receive context information.

getOwner

IVMInstance getOwner()
                     throws ExternalException

Returns the IVMInstance that owns this context

Returns:

IVMInstance the owner of the context

Throws:

ExternalException - if there is an error retrieving the owner.