Class ResourceObject

java.lang.Object
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  +--ResourceObject

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

public class ResourceObject

extends java.lang.Object

implements java.io.Serializable

ResourceObjects represents the results of a resource search on the network, where each returned result is depicted by a ResourceObject.

ResourceObjects capture the essential information about a resource so that a peer can access/request it from the host.

Method Summary

java.lang.String	GetID()
java.lang.String	GetMediatype()
java.lang.String	GetNickname()
java.lang.String	GetPipeAd()
java.lang.String	GetPluginID()
java.lang.String	GetResourceDescription()
java.lang.String	GetResourceID()
java.lang.String	GetResourceName()
java.lang.String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

GetID

public java.lang.String GetID()

This method returns the unique ID of the (user) peer that hosts this resource.

GetPipeAd

public java.lang.String GetPipeAd()

This method returns the Pipe Advert of the peer that hosts this resource. This advert is required so that the target peer can be contacted.

GetResourceName

public java.lang.String GetResourceName()

This method returns the name of the resource. In some situations (for example, file sharing), this name represents the resources unique ID.

GetResourceDescription

public java.lang.String GetResourceDescription()

This method returns a brief description of the resource.

GetMediatype

public java.lang.String GetMediatype()

This method returns the MediaType ID of the resource.

GetResourceID

public java.lang.String GetResourceID()

This method returns the ID of the resource as known by the plugin that is making it available. In some cases the name of the resource is used as the unique identifier.

GetPluginID

public java.lang.String GetPluginID()

This method returns the ID of the plugin that this resource is provided by.

GetNickname

public java.lang.String GetNickname()

This method returns the Nickname of the user that is hosting this resource.

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

This method returns the contents of ResourceObject as a flat String.