org.apache.uima.collection.base_cpm

Interface SynchPoint

All Superinterfaces:

Serializable

public interface SynchPoint
extends Serializable

Interface facilitating recovery of CollectionReaders to the last known entity

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	deserialize(InputStream aInputStream) Ingests SynchPoint data from the InputStream.
Object	get() Retrieves data to facilitate recovery
String	serializeToXML() Serializes internal representation of the SynchPoint to XML
void	set(Object aSynchPointData) Sets data from which to recover

Method Detail

set

void set(Object aSynchPointData)
  throws InvalidClassException

Sets data from which to recover

Parameters:

aSynchPointData - - arbitrary object containing recovery information

Throws:

InvalidClassException - if aSynchPointData class is not supported by implementation

get

Object get()

Retrieves data to facilitate recovery

Returns:

Object - data containing recovery information

serializeToXML

String serializeToXML()

Serializes internal representation of the SynchPoint to XML

Returns:

- serialized SynchPoint as String

deserialize

void deserialize(InputStream aInputStream)
          throws Exception

Ingests SynchPoint data from the InputStream. InputStream contains xml representation of the SynchPoint previously generated by serializeToXML().

Parameters:

aInputStream - - xml stream containing SynchPoint data

Throws:

Exception - - unable to process the input stream