Class WBEMClientFactory

java.lang.Object

javax.wbem.client.WBEMClientFactory

public class WBEMClientFactory
extends Object

This class defines the functionality of a WBEMClient factory, which is used to retrieve a WBEMClient for a specified protocol. An example of how to use the factory is included below.

  ...
  WBEMClient cc = null;
  
  try {
    cc = WBEMClientFactory.getClient(WBEMClientConstants.PROTOCOL_CIMXML);
  } catch (Exception e) {
    System.out.println("Received error when trying to retrieve client handle");
    System.exit(-1);
  }
  
  // initialize the client 
  cc.initialize(cns, s, null);
  ...

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
WBEMClientFactory()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static WBEMClient	getClient(String pProtocol)	Get a WBEMClient for a protocol.
static String[]	getSupportedProtocols()	Get the names of the supported protocols.

Methods inherited from class Object

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

Constructor Details

WBEMClientFactory

public WBEMClientFactory()

Method Details

getClient

public static WBEMClient getClient(String pProtocol)
                            throws WBEMException

Get a WBEMClient for a protocol.

Parameters:

pProtocol - The protocol name (e.g. "CIM-XML").

Returns:

The WBEMClient implementation for the protocol specified.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException -

If the protocol is null or empty.

If the protocol is not supported.

WBEMException - If the protocol implementation could not be loaded.

getSupportedProtocols

public static String[] getSupportedProtocols()

Get the names of the supported protocols.

Returns:

A string array of the supported protocols.