org.globus.mds.usefulrp.rpprovider.producers
Class ExternalProcessElementProducer

java.lang.Object
  org.globus.mds.usefulrp.rpprovider.producers.ExternalProcessElementProducer

All Implemented Interfaces:

ResourcePropertyElementProducer

Direct Known Subclasses:

SchedulerInfoElementProducer

public class ExternalProcessElementProducer

extends Object

implements ResourcePropertyElementProducer

A ResourcePropertyElementProducer which executes a external process, then attempts to parse the STDOUT stream of that process into a valid XML document.

The argument vector passed to the getElement method of this class is passed unmodified to the child process as its argument vector.

Note: This implementation will not work with .CMD or .BAT script files on MS-Windows platforms, though it will function with normal executable (.EXE) files on such platforms.

Constructor Summary

ExternalProcessElementProducer()
Creates a new instance of ExternalProcessElementProducer

Method Summary

Element

getElement(String[] args) Generate a DOM Element that can be used as a value of a Resource Property

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ExternalProcessElementProducer

public ExternalProcessElementProducer()

Creates a new instance of ExternalProcessElementProducer

Method Detail

getElement

public Element getElement(String[] args)
                   throws Exception

Description copied from interface: ResourcePropertyElementProducer

Generate a DOM Element that can be used as a value of a Resource Property

Specified by:

getElement in interface ResourcePropertyElementProducer

Parameters:

args - An string argument vector to be passed as parameters to the implementing class

Returns:

A DOM Element

Throws:

Exception