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US - Introduction to Helper Utilities and Services

US.1 Summary

US.2 Terminology

US.2.1 Terms Related to Discovery and Join

US.2.2 Jini Clients and Services

US.2.3 Helper Service

US.2.4 Helper Utility

US.2.5 Managed Sets

US.2.6 What Exceptions Imply about Future Behavior

US.2.7 Unavailable Lookup Services

US.2.8 Discarding a Lookup Service

US.2.8.1 Active Communication Discarded Event

US.2.8.2 Active No-Interest Discarded Event

US.2.8.3 Passive Communication Discarded Event

US.2.8.4 Passive No-Interest Discarded Event

US.2.8.5 Changed Event

US.2.8.6 Remote Objects, Stubs, and Proxies

US.2.9 Activation

US.3 Introduction to the Helper Utilities

US.3.1 The Discovery Utilities

US.3.1.1 The DiscoveryManagement Interface

US.3.1.2 The DiscoveryGroupManagement Interface

US.3.1.3 The DiscoveryLocatorManagement Interface

US.3.1.4 The LookupDiscovery Helper Utility

US.3.1.5 The LookupLocatorDiscovery Helper Utility

US.3.1.6 The LookupDiscoveryManager Helper Utility

US.3.1.7 The Constants Class

US.3.1.8 The OutgoingMulticastRequest Utility

US.3.1.9 The IncomingMulticastRequest Utility

US.3.1.10 The OutgoingMulticastAnnouncement Utility

US.3.1.11 The IncomingMulticastAnnouncement Utility

US.3.1.12 The OutgoingUnicastRequest Utility

US.3.1.13 The IncomingUnicastRequest Utility

US.3.1.14 The OutgoingUnicastResponse Utility

US.3.1.15 The IncomingUnicastResponse Utility

US.3.2 The Lease Utilities

US.3.2.1 The LeaseRenewalManager Helper Utility

US.3.3 The Join Utilities

US.3.3.1 The JoinManager Helper Utility

US.3.4 The Service Discovery Utilities

US.3.4.1 The ServiceDiscoveryManager Helper Utility

US.4 Introduction to the Helper Services

US.4.1 The Lookup Discovery Service

US.4.2 The Lease Renewal Service

US.4.3 The Event Mailbox Service

US.5 Dependencies

DU - Jini Discovery Utilities Specification

DU.1 Introduction

DU.1.1 Dependencies

DU.2 The Discovery Management Interfaces

DU.2.1 Overview

DU.2.2 Other Types

DU.2.3 The DiscoveryManagement Interface

DU.2.3.1 The Semantics

DU.2.4 The DiscoveryGroupManagement Interface

DU.2.4.1 The Semantics

DU.2.5 The DiscoveryLocatorManagement Interface

DU.2.5.1 The Semantics

DU.2.6 Supporting Interfaces and Classes

DU.2.6.1 The DiscoveryListener Interface

DU.2.6.2 The DiscoveryChangeListener Interface

DU.2.6.3 The DiscoveryEvent Class

DU.2.7 Serialized Forms

DU.3 LookupDiscovery Utility

DU.3.1 Other Types

DU.3.2 The Interface

DU.3.3 The Semantics

DU.3.4 Supporting Interfaces and Classes

DU.3.4.1 The DiscoveryManagement Interfaces

DU.3.4.2 Security and Multicast Discovery: The DiscoveryPermission Class

DU.3.5 Serialized Forms

DU.4 The LookupLocatorDiscovery Utility

DU.4.1 Overview

DU.4.2 Other Types

DU.4.3 The Interface

DU.4.4 The Semantics

DU.4.5 Supporting Interfaces

DU.4.5.1 The DiscoveryManagement Interfaces

DU.5 The LookupDiscoveryManager Utility

DU.5.1 Overview

DU.5.2 Other Types

DU.5.3 The Interface

DU.5.4 The Semantics

DU.5.5 Supporting Interfaces and Classes

DU.5.5.1 The DiscoveryManagement Interfaces

DU.5.5.2 Security and Multicast Discovery: The DiscoveryPermission Class

DU.6 Low-Level Discovery Protocol Utilities

DU.6.1 The Constants Class

DU.6.1.1 Overview

DU.6.1.2 Other Types

DU.6.1.3 The Class Definition

DU.6.1.4 The Semantics

DU.6.2 The OutgoingMulticastRequest Utility

DU.6.2.1 Overview

DU.6.2.2 Other Types

DU.6.2.3 The Interface

DU.6.2.4 The Semantics

DU.6.3 The IncomingMulticastRequest Utility

DU.6.3.1 Overview

DU.6.3.2 Other Types

DU.6.3.3 The Interface

DU.6.3.4 The Semantics

DU.6.4 The OutgoingMulticastAnnouncement Utility

DU.6.4.1 Overview

DU.6.4.2 Other Types

DU.6.4.3 The Interface

DU.6.4.4 The Semantics

DU.6.5 The IncomingMulticastAnnouncement Utility

DU.6.5.1 Overview

DU.6.5.2 Other Types

DU.6.5.3 The Interface

DU.6.5.4 The Semantics

DU.6.6 The OutgoingUnicastRequest Utility

DU.6.6.1 Overview

DU.6.6.2 Other Types

DU.6.6.3 The Interface

DU.6.6.4 The Semantics

DU.6.7 The IncomingUnicastRequest Utility

DU.6.7.1 Overview

DU.6.7.2 Other Types

DU.6.7.3 The Interface

DU.6.7.4 The Semantics

DU.6.8 The OutgoingUnicastResponse Utility

DU.6.8.1 Overview

DU.6.8.2 Other Types

DU.6.8.3 The Interface

DU.6.8.4 The Semantics

DU.6.9 The IncomingUnicastResponse Utility

DU.6.9.1 Overview

DU.6.9.2 Other Types

DU.6.9.3 The Interface

DU.6.9.4 The Semantics

EU - Jini Entry Utilities Specification

EU.1 Entry Utilities

EU.1.1 AbstractEntry

EU.1.2 Serialized Form

LM - Jini Lease Utilities Specification

LM.1 Introduction

LM.2 The LeaseRenewalManager

LM.2.1 Other Types

LM.3 The Interface

LM.4 The Semantics

LM.5 Supporting Interfaces and Classes

LM.5.1 The LeaseListener Interface

LM.5.1.1 The Semantics

LM.5.2 The DesiredExpirationListener Interface

LM.5.2.1 The Semantics

LM.5.3 The LeaseRenewalEvent Class

LM.5.3.1 The Semantics

LM.5.4 Serialized Forms

JU - Jini Join Utilities Specification

JU.1 Introduction

JU.2 The JoinManager

JU.2.1 Other Types

JU.3 The Interface

JU.4 The Semantics

JU.5 Supporting Interfaces and Classes

JU.5.1 The DiscoveryManagement Interface

JU.5.2 The ServiceIDListener Interface

SD - Jini Service Discovery Utilities Specification

SD.1 Introduction

SD.2 The ServiceDiscoveryManager

SD.2.1 The Object Types

SD.3 The Interface

SD.4 The Semantics

SD.4.1 The Methods

SD.4.1.1 The Constructor

SD.4.1.2 The createLookupCache Method

SD.4.1.3 The lookup Method

SD.4.1.4 The getDiscoveryManager Method

SD.4.1.5 The getLeaseRenewalManager Method

SD.4.1.6 The terminate Method

SD.4.2 Defining Service Equality

SD.4.3 Exporting RemoteEventListener Objects

SD.5 Supporting Interfaces and Classes

SD.5.1 The DiscoveryManagement Interface

SD.5.2 The ServiceItemFilter Interface

SD.5.2.1 The Semantics

SD.5.3 The ServiceDiscoveryEvent Class

SD.5.3.1 The Semantics

SD.5.4 The ServiceDiscoveryListener Interface

SD.5.4.1 The Semantics

SD.5.5 The LookupCache Interface

SD.5.5.1 The Semantics

LS - Jini Lookup Attribute Schema Specification

LS.1 Introduction

LS.1.1 Terminology

LS.1.2 Design Issues

LS.1.3 Dependencies

LS.2 Human Access to Attributes

LS.2.1 Providing a Single View of an Attribute's Value

LS.3 JavaBeans Components and Design Patterns

LS.3.1 Allowing Display and Modification of Attributes

LS.3.1.1 Using JavaBeans Components with Entry Classes

LS.3.2 Associating JavaBeans Components with Entry Classes

LS.3.3 Supporting Interfaces and Classes

LS.4 Generic Attribute Classes

LS.4.1 Indicating User Modifiability

LS.4.2 Basic Service Information

LS.4.3 More Specific Information

LS.4.4 Naming a Service

LS.4.5 Adding a Comment to a Service

LS.4.6 Physical Location

LS.4.7 Status Information

LS.4.8 Serialized Forms

LD - Jini Lookup Discovery Service

LD.1 Introduction

LD.1.1 Goals and Requirements

LD.1.2 Other Types

LD.2 The Interface

LD.3 The Semantics

LD.3.1 Registration Semantics

LD.3.2 Event Semantics

LD.3.3 Leasing Semantics

LD.4 Supporting Interfaces and Classes

LD.4.1 The LookupDiscoveryRegistration Interface

LD.4.1.1 The Semantics

LD.4.2 The RemoteDiscoveryEvent Class

LD.4.2.1 The Semantics

LD.4.2.2 Serialized Forms

LD.4.3 The LookupUnmarshalException Class

LD.4.3.1 The Semantics

LD.4.3.2 Serialized Forms

LR - Jini Lease Renewal Service Specification

LR.1 Introduction

LR.1.1 Goals and Requirements

LR.1.2 Other Types

LR.2 The Interface

LR.2.1 Events

LR.2.2 Serialized Forms

EM - Jini Event Mailbox Service Specification

EM.1 Introduction

EM.1.1 Goals and Requirements

EM.1.2 Other Types

EM.2 The Interface

EM.3 The Semantics

EM.4 Supporting Interfaces and Classes

EM.4.1 The Semantics