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Slot

javax.xml.registry.infomodel

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JAXR 1.0; JWSDP 1.0, J2EE 1.4

 public interface Slot {  // Public Constants  public static final String ADDRESS_LINES_SLOT;  //="addressLines"  public static final String AUTHORIZED_NAME_SLOT;  //="authorizedName"  public static final String OPERATOR_SLOT;  //="operator"  public static final String SORT_CODE_SLOT;  //="sortCode"   // Public Instance Methods  public abstract String getName(  )        throws javax.xml.registry.JAXRException;  //L0  public abstract String getSlotType(  )        throws javax.xml.registry.JAXRException;  //L0  public abstract Collection getValues(  )        throws javax.xml.registry.JAXRException;  //L0  public abstract void setName(String   name   )        throws javax.xml.registry.JAXRException;  //L0  public abstract void setSlotType(String   slotType   )        throws javax.xml.registry.JAXRException;  //L0  public abstract void setValues(Collection   values   )        throws javax.xml.registry.JAXRException;  //L0  } 

A Slot is an object with a name, a type, and a collection of string values, no two of which may be the same. Slot s are used to add arbitrary attributes to a RegistryObject without requiring an extension to the JAXR API. Every RegistryObject inherits the ability to handle Slot s from the ExtensibleObject interface, which defines the methods necessary to store and retrieve them. A Slot is uniquely identified by its name; the result of attempting to add a Slot to an object that already has one with the same name is not defined by the JAXR specification.

The JAXR provider uses Slot s to represent a small number of registry object attributes that are not explicitly recognized by the JAXR API because they are registry-type specific; refer to Chapter 7 for examples. Application code can create a Slot using one of the createSlot( ) methods of LifeCycleManager , and it can associate it with a RegistryObject using its addSlot( ) or addSlots( ) methods. It should be noted, however, that the JAXR reference implementation for the UDDI registry does not store Slot s created by application code, although it does allow them to be created and attached to an object.

The getName( ) , getSlotType( ) , and getValues( ) methods of Slot allow you to fetch the attributes of a Slot , while the corresponding setter methods let you change them. Note that the meaning of the slot type attribute is not defined by the specification and there is no predefined set of valid values.

Passed To

ExtensibleObject.addSlot( )

Returned By

javax.xml.registry.LifeCycleManager.createSlot( ) , ExtensibleObject.getSlot( )

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