common.interfaces
Interface BSForMSInterface

All Superinterfaces:

java.rmi.Remote

All Known Implementing Classes:

Communication

public interface BSForMSInterface
extends java.rmi.Remote

This interface contains the methods that a Gossip Bootstrap Server exported object must provide to let a Gossip Message Server communicate with it.

Author:

Marco Cornolti and Alessandro Franchini

Method Summary

MessageServer

getMS(User user) Returns the message server of a user given by argument.

Method Detail

getMS

MessageServer getMS(User user)
                    throws java.rmi.RemoteException,
                           UserNotExistsException

Returns the message server of a user given by argument.

Parameters:

user - the user (only the nickname is considered).

Returns:

the user's message server.

Throws:

java.rmi.RemoteException - if a communication problem occurs.

UserNotExistsException - if the user does not exist.