Package com.sun.star.uno

Interface IBridge

@Deprecated
public interface IBridge

Deprecated.

As of UDK 3.2, this interface is deprecated, without offering a replacement.

This is abstract interface for bridges.

Bridges are able to map one object from one UNO environment to another and vice versa.

See Also:

IBridge, IQueryInterface, UnoRuntime

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	acquire()	Deprecated. Increases the life count.
void	dispose()	Deprecated. Disposes the bridge.
IEnvironment	getSourceEnvironment()	Deprecated. Returns the source environment.
IEnvironment	getTargetEnvironment()	Deprecated. Returns the destination environment.
Object	mapInterfaceFrom(Object object, Type type)	Deprecated. Maps an object from the destination environment to the source environment.
Object	mapInterfaceTo(Object object, Type type)	Deprecated. Maps an object from the source environment to the destination environment.
void	release()	Deprecated. Decreases the life count.

Method Detail

mapInterfaceTo

Object mapInterfaceTo(Object object,
                      Type type)

Deprecated.

Maps an object from the source environment to the destination environment.

Parameters:

object - the object to map

type - the type of the interface that shall be mapped

Returns:

the object in the destination environment

mapInterfaceFrom

Object mapInterfaceFrom(Object object,
                        Type type)

Deprecated.

Maps an object from the destination environment to the source environment.

Parameters:

object - the object to map

type - the type of the interface that shall be mapped

Returns:

the object in the source environment

getSourceEnvironment

IEnvironment getSourceEnvironment()

Deprecated.

Returns the source environment.

Returns:

the source environment of this bridge

getTargetEnvironment

IEnvironment getTargetEnvironment()

Deprecated.

Returns the destination environment.

Returns:

the destination environment of this bridge

acquire

void acquire()

Deprecated.

Increases the life count.

release

void release()

Deprecated.

Decreases the life count.

If the life count drops to zero, the bridge disposes itself.

dispose

void dispose()
      throws InterruptedException,
             IOException

Deprecated.

Disposes the bridge.

Sends involved threads an InterruptedException. Releases mapped objects.

Throws:

InterruptedException - it's deprecated so who cares.

IOException - it's deprecated so who cares.