edu.pdx.cs399J.rmi
Interface MovieDatabase

All Superinterfaces:

Remote

All Known Implementing Classes:

MovieDatabaseImpl

public interface MovieDatabase
extends Remote

This remote interface allows a client to interact with a database of Movie objects.

Method Summary

long	createMovie(String title, int year) Creates a new Movie object on the server.
SortedSet<Movie>	executeQuery(Query query, Comparator<Movie> sorter) Performs a query on the database.
SortedSet<Movie>	getFilmography(long actorId) Returns the movie in which a given actor acted.
Movie	getMovie(long id) Returns the Movie with the given id.
Collection<Movie>	getMovies() Returns all of the movies in the database
void	noteCharacter(long movieId, String character, long actorId) Makes note of a character in a given movie played by a given actor.
void	shutdown() Unregisters this MovieDatabase object with the RMI registry.

Method Detail

createMovie

long createMovie(String title,
                 int year)
                 throws RemoteException

Creates a new Movie object on the server. It returns the id of the movie that was created.

Parameters:

title - The title of the movie

year - The year in which the movie was released

Throws:

RemoteException

getMovie

Movie getMovie(long id)
               throws RemoteException

Returns the Movie with the given id.

Throws:

RemoteException

noteCharacter

void noteCharacter(long movieId,
                   String character,
                   long actorId)
                   throws RemoteException

Makes note of a character in a given movie played by a given actor.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - The character is already played by someone else

RemoteException

getFilmography

SortedSet<Movie> getFilmography(long actorId)
                                throws RemoteException

Returns the movie in which a given actor acted. The movies are sorted by release date.

Throws:

RemoteException

executeQuery

SortedSet<Movie> executeQuery(Query query,
                              Comparator<Movie> sorter)
                              throws RemoteException

Performs a query on the database. The movies that match the query are sorted using the given comparator.

Throws:

RemoteException

shutdown

void shutdown()
              throws RemoteException

Unregisters this MovieDatabase object with the RMI registry. Once it is unregistered, this object will no longer be accessible.

Throws:

RemoteException

getMovies

Collection<Movie> getMovies()
                            throws RemoteException

Returns all of the movies in the database

Throws:

RemoteException