com.redhat.rhn.manager.kickstart.cobbler

Class CobblerXMLRPCHelper

java.lang.Object

com.redhat.rhn.manager.kickstart.cobbler.CobblerXMLRPCHelper

All Implemented Interfaces:

XMLRPCInvoker

public class CobblerXMLRPCHelper
extends java.lang.Object
implements XMLRPCInvoker

XMLRPCHelper - class that contains wraps calls to Redstone's XMLRPC client. Intentionally implements the XMLRPCInvoker interface so we can also provide a mock implementation to our unit tests so they don't require an actual cobbler server.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
CobblerXMLRPCHelper() Constructor

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static org.cobbler.CobblerConnection	getAutomatedConnection() Returns the cobbler anonymous/automated using the connection cobbler automated user config entry..
static java.lang.Double	getCobblerVersion() Returns the cobbler version number
static org.cobbler.CobblerConnection	getConnection(java.lang.String userName) Returns the new cobbler object, if you can't specify a user
static org.cobbler.CobblerConnection	getConnection(User user) Returns the a new cobbler connection object
java.lang.Object	invokeMethod(java.lang.String procedureName, java.util.List args) Invoke an XMLRPC method.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

CobblerXMLRPCHelper

public CobblerXMLRPCHelper()

Constructor

Method Detail

invokeMethod

public java.lang.Object invokeMethod(java.lang.String procedureName,
                                     java.util.List args)
                              throws redstone.xmlrpc.XmlRpcFault

Invoke an XMLRPC method.

Specified by:

invokeMethod in interface XMLRPCInvoker

Parameters:

procedureName - to invoke

args - to pass to method

Returns:

Object returned.

Throws:

redstone.xmlrpc.XmlRpcFault - if expected error occurs

getConnection

public static org.cobbler.CobblerConnection getConnection(User user)

Returns the a new cobbler connection object

Parameters:

user - the logged in user to ge the auth token

Returns:

the authenticated cobbler connection.

getConnection

public static org.cobbler.CobblerConnection getConnection(java.lang.String userName)

Returns the new cobbler object, if you can't specify a user

Parameters:

userName - the username

Returns:

the autehnticated cobbler connection

getAutomatedConnection

public static org.cobbler.CobblerConnection getAutomatedConnection()

Returns the cobbler anonymous/automated using the connection cobbler automated user config entry..

Returns:

the cobbler connection..

getCobblerVersion

public static java.lang.Double getCobblerVersion()

Returns the cobbler version number

Returns:

the cobbler version number