com.ibm.etools.iseries.remotebuild
Class QRBUTIL

java.lang.Object
  com.ibm.etools.iseries.remotebuild.QRBUTIL

public class QRBUTIL
extends Object

A QRBUTIL provides the interface to the functions of QDEVTOOLS/QRBUTIL that may be of interest to a client. In particular it returns tags for a particular user and connection. These "tags" may be used to set up files that are all associated with a particular build..

Field Summary

static String

Copyright

Constructor Summary

QRBUTIL(AS400 system)
Creates a new QRBUTIL for a particular system.

Method Summary

static QRBUTIL	getForSystem(AS400 system) A factory method for finding or creating the QRBUTIL for a particular system.
String	getNextTag() Returns the next tag value for an AS400 connection.
String	makeMetadataFileName(String tag, String suffix) Returns a metadata file name for this user and ensures its creation on the remote system.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

Copyright

public static final String Copyright

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

QRBUTIL

public QRBUTIL(AS400 system)

Creates a new QRBUTIL for a particular system. Althought this method is public, the factory method getForSystem() is preferred.

Method Detail

getForSystem

public static QRBUTIL getForSystem(AS400 system)

A factory method for finding or creating the QRBUTIL for a particular system. This method is preferred over using the constuctor.

Parameters:

system - The AS400 system on which to create a QRBUTIL.

Returns:

The QRBUTIL that was either found or created.

getNextTag

public String getNextTag()

Returns the next tag value for an AS400 connection. Each system/user has its own tag generator. This value will a name of the form Q000000000 to Q999999999. Returns null there is an error.

makeMetadataFileName

public String makeMetadataFileName(String tag,
                                   String suffix)

Returns a metadata file name for this user and ensures its creation on the remote system. Returns null if there is an error.