| A RelationSupport object is used internally by the Relation Service to
represent simple relations (only roles, no properties or methods), with an
unlimited number of roles, of any relation type. As internal representation,
it is not exposed to the user.
RelationSupport class conforms to the design patterns of standard MBean. So
the user can decide to instantiate a RelationSupport object himself as
a MBean (as it follows the MBean design patterns), to register it in the
MBean Server, and then to add it in the Relation Service.
The user can also, when creating his own MBean relation class, have it
extending RelationSupport, to retrieve the implementations of required
interfaces (see below).
It is also possible to have in a user relation MBean class a member
being a RelationSupport object, and to implement the required interfaces by
delegating all to this member.
RelationSupport implements the Relation interface (to be handled by the
Relation Service).
author:
Young Yang |