ix.util.context
Class ContextHoldingStrategy

java.lang.Object
  ix.util.context.ContextHoldingStrategy

Direct Known Subclasses:

GlobalHoldingStrategy, ThreadLocalHoldingStrategy

public abstract class ContextHoldingStrategy
extends java.lang.Object

An object that provides context-holders.

See Also:

Context

Constructor Summary

ContextHoldingStrategy()

Method Summary

abstract void	clearContexts() Tells any ContextHolders it knows about to set their current context to the root context.
abstract ContextHolder	getContextHolder() Returns an appropriate context-holder.
void	setContextHolder(ContextHolder h) Changes the context-holder that would be returned, if that makes sense.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

ContextHoldingStrategy

public ContextHoldingStrategy()

Method Detail

getContextHolder

public abstract ContextHolder getContextHolder()

Returns an appropriate context-holder.

setContextHolder

public void setContextHolder(ContextHolder h)

Changes the context-holder that would be returned, if that makes sense. (Optional operation.)

Throws:

java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException - if the setContextHolder method is not supported.

clearContexts

public abstract void clearContexts()

Tells any ContextHolders it knows about to set their current context to the root context. Called by Context.clearContexts().