bees.core
Class Application

java.lang.Object
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  +--bees.core.Application

Direct Known Subclasses:

Authenticator, DiscoveryApplication, FlowBuilder, FlowDumper, LivenessApplication, MaterialBuilder

public abstract class Application

extends java.lang.Object

Base class for Bees applications. A Bees application executes in the same JVM as the locally installed or downloaded protocols and is able to directly interact with them. Of course, the major difference between an application and a protocol is that the application cannot be downloaded to other nodes. Currently, applications execute in a far less restricted environment than protocols. For example, there are no limitations on the classes they can access and they are not forced to prepend an identifier onto any cryptographic signatures they generate.

See Also:

Signature, SystemClass

Constructor Summary

Application()

Method Summary

abstract void	start(Node node, java.lang.String[] args) Method called to set the application in motion.
java.lang.String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Application

public Application()

Method Detail

start

public abstract void start(Node node,
                           java.lang.String[] args)
                    throws java.lang.Throwable

Method called to set the application in motion.

Parameters:

node - The node object for this nodeos domain.

args - The arguments to the application.

Throws:

java.lang.Throwable - If anything goes wrong.

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

See Also:

Object.toString()