uk.org.ogsadai.client.toolkit.sessions
Interface Session

All Known Implementing Classes:

SessionImpl

public interface Session

The client-side representation of a service-side session. This interface provides access to the unique identifier of the session as well as any resource properties that are associated with the session.

Author:

The OGSA-DAI Project Team

getSessionID

public SessionID getSessionID()

Returns the identity of the session that the request was joined to.

Returns:

a SessionID

getStatus

public RequestStatus getStatus()
                        throws ServiceCommsException,
                               ResourceUnknownException,
                               ServerException,
                               UnknownPropertyException,
                               DataFormatException,
                               AuthorisationException

Gets the status of the current request for the session.

Returns:

the status of the current request for the session.

Throws:

UnknownPropertyException - If the resource has no property for the status of the current request for the session.

ResourceUnknownException - If the resource to which the session belongs is unknown to the service.

AuthorisationException - If the client is not authorised to access this information.

ServerException - If there was an error server-side.

DataFormatException - If the structure of the status information from the service cannot be parsed by the client toolkit.

ServiceCommsException - If there was an error communicating with the service.