com.ibm.pvc.we.ins
Interface ContentSource

All Superinterfaces:

java.io.Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

SimpleContentSource

public interface ContentSource

extends java.io.Serializable

A ContentSource is an ordered collection of one or more entities producing incoming messages. Each of these entities has a name.

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getName(int i) The name of the entity at a given position in this ContextSource's sequence of named entities.
int	getNameCount() Obtain the number of named entities in this ContentSource.

Method Detail

getNameCount

public int getNameCount()

Obtain the number of named entities in this ContentSource.

Returns:

the number of named entities in this ContentSource

getName

public java.lang.String getName(int i)
                         throws java.lang.IndexOutOfBoundsException

The name of the entity at a given position in this ContextSource's sequence of named entities. Position numbers range from zero to getNameCount()-1.

Parameters:

i - the given position

Returns:

the name of the entity at position i

Throws:

java.lang.IndexOutOfBoundsException - if i<0 or i>=getNameCount()