com.ibm.di.automation
Class COMProxy

java.lang.Object
  com.ibm.di.automation.COMProxy

public class COMProxy
extends Object

Method Summary

VARIANT	call(Object disp, int dispid) Calls IDispatch::invoke for the property/method exposed by the object.
VARIANT	call(Object disp, int dispid, Object a1) Calls IDispatch::invoke for the property/method exposed by the object.
VARIANT	call(Object disp, String name) Provides access to properties and methods exposed by an object.
VARIANT	call(Object disp, String name, Object a1) Calls IDispatch::invoke for the property/method exposed by the object.
VARIANT	call(Object disp, String name, Object a1, Object a2) Calls IDispatch::invoke for the property/method exposed by the object.
VARIANT	call(Object disp, String name, Object a1, Object a2, Object a3) Calls IDispatch::invoke for the property/method exposed by the object.
VARIANT	call(Object disp, String name, Object a1, Object a2, Object a3, Object a4) Calls IDispatch::invoke for the property/method exposed by the object.
static COMProxy	create() Create singular instance of COMProxy
IDispatch	createInstance(String progID) create separate instances of automation object IDispatch
VARIANT	get(Object disp, int dispid) Calls IDispatch::invoke for the property exposed by the object, with wFlags=DISPATCH_PROPERTYGET
VARIANT	get(Object disp, String name) Calls IDispatch::invoke for the property exposed by the object, with wFlags=DISPATCH_PROPERTYGET
int[]	getIDsOfNames(Object disp, String[] names) Maps a single member and an optional set of argument names to a corresponding set of integer DISPIDs, which can be used on subsequent calls to IDispatch::Invoke.
BSTR	newBSTR(String data) create new BSTR object
VARIANT	newVariant(int type, Object data) create VARIANT with specific type
void	put(Object disp, int dispid, Object val) Calls IDispatch::invoke for the property exposed by the object with wFlags = DISPATCH_PROPERTYPUT
void	put(Object disp, String name, Object val) Calls IDispatchinvoke for the property exposed by the object with wFlags = DISPATCH_PROPERTYPUT
void	putRef(Object disp, int dispid, Object val) Calls IDispatch::invoke for the property exposed by the object, with wFlags=DISPATCH_PROPERTYPUTREF
void	putRef(Object disp, String name, Object val) Calls IDispatch::invoke for the property exposed by the object, with wFlags=DISPATCH_PROPERTYPUTREF
Object	QueryInterface(Object disp, String iid) calls IDispatch object's QueryInterface
void	release(Object disp) call this to explicitly release the com object before gc

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

create

public static COMProxy create()
                       throws Exception

Create singular instance of COMProxy

Returns:

singular COMProxy instance null if running on a non windows machine COMProxy does not make sense on a non windows machine

Throws:

Exception

createInstance

public IDispatch createInstance(String progID)

create separate instances of automation object IDispatch

Parameters:

progID - program identifier

Returns:

IDispatch object

QueryInterface

public Object QueryInterface(Object disp,
                             String iid)
                      throws COMError

calls IDispatch object's QueryInterface

Parameters:

disp - IDispatch object

iid - Identifier of the interface being requested

Returns:

Returns pointers to supported interfaces

Throws:

COMError

release

public void release(Object disp)
             throws COMError

call this to explicitly release the com object before gc

Parameters:

disp - IDispatch object that needs to be released

Throws:

COMError

getIDsOfNames

public int[] getIDsOfNames(Object disp,
                           String[] names)
                    throws COMError

Maps a single member and an optional set of argument names to a corresponding set of integer DISPIDs, which can be used on subsequent calls to IDispatch::Invoke.

Parameters:

disp - java IDispatch(or COMProxy) object, obtained as a result of system.createCOMInstance(String progID)

names - array of method names

Returns:

disp ID's of methods

Throws:

COMError

call

public VARIANT call(Object disp,
                    String name)
             throws COMError

Provides access to properties and methods exposed by an object.

Parameters:

disp - java IDispatch(or COMProxy) object, obtained as a result of system.createCOMInstance(String progID)

name - name of the method/property to be invoked.

Returns:

return value of the method invoked

Throws:

COMError

call

public VARIANT call(Object disp,
                    String name,
                    Object a1)
             throws COMError

Calls IDispatch::invoke for the property/method exposed by the object.

Parameters:

disp - java IDispatch(or COMProxy) object, obtained as a result of system.createCOMInstance(String progID)

name - name of the method/property to be invoked.

a1 -

Returns:

return value of the method invoked

Throws:

COMError

call

public VARIANT call(Object disp,
                    String name,
                    Object a1,
                    Object a2)
             throws COMError

Calls IDispatch::invoke for the property/method exposed by the object.

Parameters:

disp - java IDispatch(or COMProxy) object, obtained as a result of system.createCOMInstance(String progID)

name - name of the method/property to be invoked.

a1 -

a2 -

Returns:

return value of the method invoked

Throws:

COMError

call

public VARIANT call(Object disp,
                    String name,
                    Object a1,
                    Object a2,
                    Object a3)
             throws COMError

Calls IDispatch::invoke for the property/method exposed by the object.

Parameters:

disp - java IDispatch(or COMProxy) object, obtained as a result of system.createCOMInstance(String progID)

name - name of the method/property to be invoked.

a1 -

a2 -

a3 -

Returns:

return value of the method invoked

Throws:

COMError

call

public VARIANT call(Object disp,
                    String name,
                    Object a1,
                    Object a2,
                    Object a3,
                    Object a4)
             throws COMError

Calls IDispatch::invoke for the property/method exposed by the object.

Parameters:

disp - java IDispatch(or COMProxy) object, obtained as a result of system.createCOMInstance(String progID)

name - name of the method/property to be invoked.

a1 -

a2 -

a3 -

a4 -

Returns:

return value of the method invoked

Throws:

COMError

call

public VARIANT call(Object disp,
                    int dispid)

Calls IDispatch::invoke for the property/method exposed by the object.

Parameters:

disp - java IDispatch(or COMProxy) object, obtained as a result of system.createCOMInstance(String progID)

dispid - Identifies the member. Use GetIDsOfNames or the object's documentation to obtain the dispatch identifier

Returns:

return value of the method invoked

call

public VARIANT call(Object disp,
                    int dispid,
                    Object a1)

Calls IDispatch::invoke for the property/method exposed by the object.

Parameters:

disp - java IDispatch(or COMProxy) object, obtained as a result of system.createCOMInstance(String progID)

dispid - Identifies the member. Use GetIDsOfNames or the object's documentation to obtain the dispatch identifier

a1 -

Returns:

return value of the method invoked

put

public void put(Object disp,
                String name,
                Object val)
         throws COMError

Calls IDispatchinvoke for the property exposed by the object with wFlags = DISPATCH_PROPERTYPUT

Parameters:

disp - java IDispatch(or COMProxy) object, obtained as a result of system.createCOMInstance(String progID)

name - name of the property

val - value to be set

Throws:

COMError

put

public void put(Object disp,
                int dispid,
                Object val)
         throws COMError

Calls IDispatch::invoke for the property exposed by the object with wFlags = DISPATCH_PROPERTYPUT

Parameters:

disp - java IDispatch(or COMProxy) object, obtained as a result of system.createCOMInstance(String progID)

dispid - Identifies the member. Use GetIDsOfNames or the object's documentation to obtain the dispatch identifier

val -

Throws:

COMError

get

public VARIANT get(Object disp,
                   String name)
            throws COMError

Calls IDispatch::invoke for the property exposed by the object, with wFlags=DISPATCH_PROPERTYGET

Parameters:

disp - java IDispatch(or COMProxy) object, obtained as a result of system.createCOMInstance(String progID)

name - name of the method/property to be invoked.

Returns:

return value of the method invoked

Throws:

COMError

get

public VARIANT get(Object disp,
                   int dispid)
            throws COMError

Calls IDispatch::invoke for the property exposed by the object, with wFlags=DISPATCH_PROPERTYGET

Parameters:

disp - java IDispatch(or COMProxy) object, obtained as a result of system.createCOMInstance(String progID)

dispid - Identifies the member. Use GetIDsOfNames or the object's documentation to obtain the dispatch identifier

Returns:

value of the property

Throws:

COMError

putRef

public void putRef(Object disp,
                   String name,
                   Object val)
            throws COMError

Calls IDispatch::invoke for the property exposed by the object, with wFlags=DISPATCH_PROPERTYPUTREF

Parameters:

disp - java IDispatch(or COMProxy) object, obtained as a result of system.createCOMInstance(String progID)

name - name of the method/property to be invoked.

val - value of the property

Throws:

COMError

putRef

public void putRef(Object disp,
                   int dispid,
                   Object val)
            throws COMError

Calls IDispatch::invoke for the property exposed by the object, with wFlags=DISPATCH_PROPERTYPUTREF

Parameters:

disp - java IDispatch(or COMProxy) object, obtained as a result of system.createCOMInstance(String progID)

dispid - Identifies the member. Use GetIDsOfNames or the object's documentation to obtain the dispatch identifier

val - value of the property

Throws:

COMError

newVariant

public VARIANT newVariant(int type,
                          Object data)
                   throws COMError

create VARIANT with specific type

Parameters:

type - refer to the COMConstant types

data - data

Returns:

VARIANT object

Throws:

COMError

newBSTR

public BSTR newBSTR(String data)
             throws COMError

create new BSTR object

Parameters:

data - string

Returns:

BSTR object

Throws:

COMError