Interface RPCInvocationContext

public interface RPCInvocationContext

The invocation context holds all information needed for a handler to process a method a call properly.

Since:

4.0

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Interface	Description
static interface	RPCInvocationContext.Builder	Represents the builder for a rpc invocation context.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
@NonNull DataBuf	argumentInformation()	Get the data buffer slice which should contain the argument information for the current method invocation.
@NonNull String	methodDescriptor()	Get the descriptor of the method that should be executed.
@NonNull String	methodName()	Get the name of the method which should be invoked during the current rpc processing.
@Nullable Object	workingInstance()	Get the instance (if any) which should be considered first for a method invocation.

Method Details

methodName

@NonNull
@NonNull String methodName()

Get the name of the method which should be invoked during the current rpc processing.

Returns:

the name of the method which should be invoked.

methodDescriptor

@NonNull
@NonNull String methodDescriptor()

Get the descriptor of the method that should be executed.

Returns:

the descriptor of the method that should be executed.

argumentInformation

@NonNull
@NonNull DataBuf argumentInformation()

Get the data buffer slice which should contain the argument information for the current method invocation. The buffer can contain more, unrelated data.

Returns:

the data buffer which should contain the argument information for the current method invocation.

workingInstance

@Nullable
@Nullable Object workingInstance()

Get the instance (if any) which should be considered first for a method invocation. This is used for calling methods based on the result of the previous rpc in a chained rpc.

Returns:

the instance to use for calling the requested method (if any).