Package javax.wbem.client

Class WBEMClientFactory

java.lang.Object

javax.wbem.client.WBEMClientFactory

public class WBEMClientFactory
extends java.lang.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.

   ...
   WBEMClient cc = null;
   
   try {
     cc = WBEMClientFactory.getClient(WBEMClientConstants.PROTOCOL_CIMXML);
   } catch (Exception e) {
     System.out.println("Received error when trying to retrieve client handle");
     System.exit(-1);
   }
   
   // initialize the client 
   cc.initialize(cns, s, null);
   ...
 

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
WBEMClientFactory()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static WBEMClient	getClient(java.lang.String pProtocol)	Get a WBEMClient for a protocol.
static java.lang.String[]	getSupportedProtocols()	Get the names of the supported protocols.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

WBEMClientFactory

public WBEMClientFactory()

Method Detail

getClient

public static WBEMClient getClient(java.lang.String pProtocol)
                            throws WBEMException

Get a WBEMClient for a protocol.

Parameters:

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

Returns:

The WBEMClient implementation for the protocol specified.

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException -

If the protocol is null or empty.

If the protocol is not supported.

WBEMException - If the protocol implementation could not be loaded.

getSupportedProtocols

public static java.lang.String[] getSupportedProtocols()

Get the names of the supported protocols.

Returns:

A string array of the supported protocols.