00001 /* 00002 * Copyright (c) 2000, 2020, Oracle and/or its affiliates. 00003 * 00004 * Licensed under the Universal Permissive License v 1.0 as shown at 00005 * http://oss.oracle.com/licenses/upl. 00006 */ 00007 #ifndef COH_EXECUTABLE_CLASS_HPP 00008 #define COH_EXECUTABLE_CLASS_HPP 00009 00010 #include "coherence/lang/compatibility.hpp" 00011 00012 #include "coherence/lang/Class.hpp" 00013 00014 COH_OPEN_NAMESPACE2(coherence,lang) 00015 00016 /** 00017 * Interface specialization for Classes which are executable. 00018 * 00019 * An executable class includes a method compatible with the following 00020 * signature: 00021 * @code 00022 * public: static void main(ObjectArray::View vasArg); 00023 * @endcode 00024 * The class does not implement this interface, it however must be registered 00025 * with the SystemClassLoader via COH_REGISTER_EXECUTABLE_CLASS(class). 00026 * 00027 * As of Coherence 3.7.1 it is no longer necessary to register executable classes 00028 * via this interface. As an alternative the "main" method with the above 00029 * signature can be registered via any Class implementation and will be 00030 * resolved via reflection. 00031 * 00032 * @author mf 2008.10.02 00033 */ 00034 class ExecutableClass 00035 : public interface_spec<ExecutableClass> 00036 { 00037 // ----- ExecutableClass interface -------------------------------------- 00038 00039 public: 00040 /** 00041 * Execute the class. 00042 * 00043 * @param vasArg the executable argument String array 00044 */ 00045 virtual void execute(ObjectArray::View vasArg) const = 0; 00046 }; 00047 00048 COH_CLOSE_NAMESPACE2 00049 00050 #endif // COH_EXECUTABLE_CLASS_HPP