javax.wbem.client
Class WBEMClientFactory

java.lang.Object
  javax.wbem.client.WBEMClientFactory

public class WBEMClientFactory
extends Object

This class defines the functionality of a WBEMClient factory, which is used to retrieve a WBEMClient for a specified protocol. An example of how to use the factory is included below.

   ...
   CIMClient cc = null;
   
   try {
      cc = WBEMClientFactory.getClient("CIM-XML");
   } catch (Exception e) {
       System.out.println("Received error when trying ot retreieve client handle");
       System.exit(-1);
   }
   
   cc.initialize(cns, s, null);
   
 

Constructor Summary

WBEMClientFactory()

Method Summary

static WBEMClient	getClient(String protocol) Get a WBEMClient for a protocol.
static String[]	getSupportedProtocols() Get the names of the supported protocols.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

WBEMClientFactory

public WBEMClientFactory()

Method Detail

getClient

public static WBEMClient getClient(String protocol)
                            throws WBEMException

Get a WBEMClient for a protocol.

Parameters:

protocol - The protocol name (e.g. "CIM-XML")

Returns:

the WBEMClient implementation for the protocol specified.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException -

       If the protocol is null or empty
       If the protocol is not supported 
       If the protocol implementation could not be loaded
 

WBEMException

getSupportedProtocols

public static String[] getSupportedProtocols()
                                      throws Exception

Get the names of the supported protocols.

Returns:

a string array of the supported protocols

Throws:

Exception