- * update the document with new roots.
- */
- public void setVamsasRoots(VAMSAS[] newroots) {
- // extract root objects
- if (newroots != null) {
- // check newroots for objects that were present in the old document
- // check to see if the 'old' objects have been modified
- // if they have ? we overwrite them with their new version, ensuring that
- // provenance is updated.
- // if they haven't ? do nothing ?
-
- for (int i = 0, k = newroots.length; i < k; i++) {
- if (newroots[i].isRegistered()) {
- // easy - just check if anything has changed and do provenance
- object oldversion = getObject(newroots[i].getVorbaId());
- if (oldversion instanceof VAMSAS) {
- // TODO: appropriate merging behaviour when two clients have
- // modified the same registered object independently
- if (newroots[i].get__last_hash() != newroots[i].hashCode()) {
- // client has modified this object since last retrieval.
- if (newroots[i].get__last_hash() != oldversion.get__last_hash()) {
- // object has been modified by another client since this
- // client's
- // last access to document.
- }
- }
- } else {
- throw new Error(
- "SimpleClient error when using setVamsasRoots : The vorbaId for object "
- + i
- + " does not refer to an object of type VAMSAS in the current document!");
- }
- } else {
- if (!newroots[i].is__stored_in_document()) {
- // check if object is modified
- if (newroots[i].get__last_hash() != newroots[i].hashCode()) {
- // it is - so we add newroots[i] as a new object, with updated
- // provenance.
- } else {
- // do nothing
- newroots[i] = null;
- }
- } else {
- // just add newroots[i] as a new object in the document
- // - with appropriate provenance.
- }
- }
+ * @see IClientHandle.registerObject(object unregistered)
+ */
+ protected VorbaId _registerObject(object unregistered) {
+ // be ultra safe here because the user may be trying to mix different factories
+ if (unregistered.__vorba==null)
+ unregistered.__vorba = vorbafactory;
+ else
+ if (unregistered.__vorba!=vorbafactory) {
+ // TODO: LATER: decide if this is allowed - it isn't for the moment.
+ log.error("Attempt to overwrite info in a registered vorba object! - Implementation fix needed.");
+ return null;
+ } else {
+ // probably didn't need to call registerObject.
+ log.debug("Redundant call to registerObject");