Package cl.obcom.desktopfx.dde

Class DdeService

java.lang.Object

cl.obcom.desktopfx.dde.DdeService

public final class DdeService
extends Object

Implements the application level defined by the DDE protocol.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
DdeService(Object owner)	Constructs a new DdeService instance.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
DdeTopic	createTopic(String topicName)	Creates and returns a new DDE Topic with supplied name.
String	getName()	Returns the name of this DDE Service.
void	start()	Starts the execution of the DDE Thread.
void	stop()	Stops the execution of the DDE Thread.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

DdeService

public DdeService(Object owner)

Constructs a new DdeService instance.

Parameters:

owner - the owner of this DDE service.

Throws:

NullPointerException - if owner is null.

Method Details

getName

public String getName()

Returns the name of this DDE Service.

Returns:

the name of this DDE Service.

createTopic

public DdeTopic createTopic(String topicName)
                     throws Exception

Creates and returns a new DDE Topic with supplied name.

Parameters:

topicName - the name of the new DDE topic.

Returns:

the new DDE topic with specified topicName.

Throws:

NullPointerException - if topicName is null.

Exception - if another error occurs.

start

public void start()

Starts the execution of the DDE Thread.

stop

public void stop()

Stops the execution of the DDE Thread.