Class: RPCClient (in SunRPC)

• Inheritance
• Description
• Class protocol
  • instance creation
  • queries
• Instance protocol
  • calls
  • calls - basic
  • operations
  • private
  • queries
  • setup
• Examples

Inheritance:

   Object
   |
   +--SunRPC::RPCEndPoint
      |
      +--SunRPC::RPCClient
         |
         +--SmalltalkShareClient
         |
         +--SunRPC::DemoClient
         |
         +--SunRPC::MountClient
         |
         +--SunRPC::NFSClient
         |
         +--SunRPC::PortMapperClient

Package:

stx:goodies/communication

Category:

Net-Communication-SunRPC

Version:

rev: 1.35 date: 2021/01/20 15:29:15

user: cg

file: SunRPC_RPCClient.st directory: goodies/communication

module: stx stc-classLibrary: communication

Description:

abstract superclass for RPC client programs.
See PortMapperClient, MountClient or DemoClient for concrete examples.

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Class protocol:

 toHost: hostname

 toHost: hostname port: portNr

use this port - instead of default

 toHost: hostname protocol: prot port: portNr

use this protocol/port - instead of default

 isRPCClientClass

Instance protocol:

 operation: opName

invoke the operation (without arg);
decode the result and return it

 operation: opName argument: arg

encode arg as-per argType and invoke the operation;
decode the result and return it

 operation: opName argument: arg1 argument: arg2

encode arg as-per argType and invoke the operation;
decode the result and return it

 operation: opName arguments: argArray

encode argArray as-per argType and invoke the operation;
decode the result and return it.
Returns the receiver for void types.

 callOperation: opName withData: encodedData

invoke the operation. The encodedData argument must be a byteArray
containing the encoded XDR-data.
Returns the replyHeader which contains the XDR encoded reply data

 send: aCall

 null

 portNumberFromPortMapperForProgram: programNr version: vsnNr host: host protocol: protocol

 protocolFromPortMapperForProgram: programNr version: vsnNr host: host

 operationNames

 operations

 portNumber

return the portnumber to use.
Can be set explicitly or else its acquired from the portMapper

 program

 programNumber

 programVersion

 protocol

return the protocol to use.
Can be set explicitly or else its acquired from the portMapper.
returns nil, if the remote portmapper cannot be reached

 version

 close

 host: hostname

 host: hostname port: portNr

 host: hostname protocol: prot port: portNr

 hostName

 programNumber: progNrArg

 programNumber: progNrArg versionNumber: versNrArg

 reconnect

reasons are:

Examples:

Abstract - see DemoClient, MountClient, NFSClient and PortMapperClient for examples.