# Ice::ObjectAdapter

## Overview

### local interface ObjectAdapter

The object adapter provides an up-call interface from the Ice run time to the implementation of Ice objects. The object adapter is responsible for receiving requests from endpoints, and for mapping between servants, identities, and proxies.

#### Used By

::Freeze::ServantInitializer::initialize
Communicator::createObjectAdapter
Communicator::createObjectAdapterWithEndpoints
Communicator::createObjectAdapterWithRouter
Connection::getAdapter
Connection::setAdapter
Current::adapter

#### See Also

Communicator
ServantLocator

## Operation Index

getName
  Get the name of this object adapter.
getCommunicator
  Get the communicator this object adapter belongs to.
activate
  Activate all endpoints that belong to this object adapter.
hold
  Temporarily hold receiving and dispatching requests.
waitForHold
  Wait until the object adapter holds requests.
deactivate
  Deactivate all endpoints that belong to this object adapter.
waitForDeactivate
  Wait until the object adapter has deactivated.
isDeactivated
  Check whether object adapter has been deactivated.
destroy
  Destroys the object adapter and cleans up all resources held by the object adapter.
add
  Add a servant to this object adapter's Active Servant Map.
addFacet
  Like add, but with a facet.
addWithUUID
  Add a servant to this object adapter's Active Servant Map, using an automatically generated UUID as its identity.
addFacetWithUUID
  Like addWithUUID, but with a facet.
addDefaultServant
  Add a default servant to handle requests for a specific category.
remove
  Remove a servant (that is, the default facet) from the object adapter's Active Servant Map.
removeFacet
  Like remove, but with a facet.
removeAllFacets
  Remove all facets with the given identity from the Active Servant Map.
removeDefaultServant
  Remove the default servant for a specific category.
find
  Look up a servant in this object adapter's Active Servant Map by the identity of the Ice object it implements.
findFacet
  Like find, but with a facet.
findAllFacets
  Find all facets with the given identity in the Active Servant Map.
findByProxy
  Look up a servant in this object adapter's Active Servant Map, given a proxy.
addServantLocator
  Add a Servant Locator to this object adapter.
removeServantLocator
  Remove a Servant Locator from this object adapter.
findServantLocator
  Find a Servant Locator installed with this object adapter.
findDefaultServant
  Find the default servant for a specific category.
createProxy
  Create a proxy for the object with the given identity.
createDirectProxy
  Create a direct proxy for the object with the given identity.
createIndirectProxy
  Create an indirect proxy for the object with the given identity.
setLocator
  Set an Ice locator for this object adapter.
refreshPublishedEndpoints
  Refresh the set of published endpoints.
getEndpoints
  Get the set of endpoints configured with this object adapter.
getPublishedEndpoints
  Get the set of endpoints that proxies created by this object adapter will contain.

## Operations

### string getName()

Get the name of this object adapter.

#### Return Value

This object adapter's name.

### Communicator getCommunicator()

Get the communicator this object adapter belongs to.

#### Return Value

This object adapter's communicator.

#### See Also

Communicator

### void activate()

Activate all endpoints that belong to this object adapter. After activation, the object adapter can dispatch requests received through its endpoints.

#### See Also

hold
deactivate

### void hold()

Temporarily hold receiving and dispatching requests. The object adapter can be reactivated with the activate operation.

Holding is not immediate, i.e., after hold returns, the object adapter might still be active for some time. You can use waitForHold to wait until holding is complete.

#### See Also

activate
deactivate
waitForHold

### void waitForHold()

Wait until the object adapter holds requests. Calling hold initiates holding of requests, and waitForHold only returns when holding of requests has been completed.

#### See Also

hold
waitForDeactivate
Communicator::waitForShutdown

### void deactivate()

Deactivate all endpoints that belong to this object adapter. After deactivation, the object adapter stops receiving requests through its endpoints. Object adapters that have been deactivated must not be reactivated again, and cannot be used otherwise. Attempts to use a deactivated object adapter raise ObjectAdapterDeactivatedException; however, attempts to deactivate an already deactivated object adapter are ignored and do nothing. Once deactivated, it is possible to destroy the adapter to clean up resources and then create and activate a new adapter with the same name.

After deactivate returns, no new requests are processed by the object adapter. However, requests that have been started before deactivate was called might still be active. You can use waitForDeactivate to wait for the completion of all requests for this object adapter.

#### See Also

activate
hold
waitForDeactivate
Communicator::shutdown

### void waitForDeactivate()

Wait until the object adapter has deactivated. Calling deactivate initiates object adapter deactivation, and waitForDeactivate only returns when deactivation has been completed.

#### See Also

deactivate
waitForHold
Communicator::waitForShutdown

### bool isDeactivated()

Check whether object adapter has been deactivated.

#### Return Value

Whether adapter has been deactivated.

#### See Also

Communicator::shutdown

### void destroy()

Destroys the object adapter and cleans up all resources held by the object adapter. If the object adapter has not yet been deactivated, destroy implicitly initiates the deactivation and waits for it to finish. Subsequent calls to destroy are ignored. Once destroy has returned, it is possible to create another object adapter with the same name.

#### See Also

deactivate
waitForDeactivate
Communicator::destroy

### Object* add(Object servant, Identity id)

Add a servant to this object adapter's Active Servant Map. Note that one servant can implement several Ice objects by registering the servant with multiple identities. Adding a servant with an identity that is in the map already throws AlreadyRegisteredException.

#### Parameters

servant
  The servant to add.
id
  The identity of the Ice object that is implemented by the servant.

#### Return Value

A proxy that matches the given identity and this object adapter.

#### See Also

Identity
addFacet
addWithUUID
remove
find

### Object* addFacet(Object servant, Identity id, string facet)

Like add, but with a facet. Calling `add(servant, id)` is equivalent to calling addFacet with an empty facet.

#### Parameters

servant
  The servant to add.
id
  The identity of the Ice object that is implemented by the servant.
facet
  The facet. An empty facet means the default facet.

#### Return Value

A proxy that matches the given identity, facet, and this object adapter.

#### See Also

Identity
add
addFacetWithUUID
removeFacet
findFacet

### Object* addWithUUID(Object servant)

Add a servant to this object adapter's Active Servant Map, using an automatically generated UUID as its identity. Note that the generated UUID identity can be accessed using the proxy's `ice_getIdentity` operation.

#### Parameters

servant
  The servant to add.

#### Return Value

A proxy that matches the generated UUID identity and this object adapter.

#### See Also

Identity
add
addFacetWithUUID
remove
find

### Object* addFacetWithUUID(Object servant, string facet)

Like addWithUUID, but with a facet. Calling `addWithUUID(servant)` is equivalent to calling addFacetWithUUID with an empty facet.

#### Parameters

servant
  The servant to add.
facet
  The facet. An empty facet means the default facet.

#### Return Value

A proxy that matches the generated UUID identity, facet, and this object adapter.

#### See Also

Identity
addFacet
addWithUUID
removeFacet
findFacet

### void addDefaultServant(Object servant, string category)

Add a default servant to handle requests for a specific category. Adding a default servant for a category for which a default servant is already registered throws AlreadyRegisteredException. To dispatch operation calls on servants, the object adapter tries to find a servant for a given Ice object identity and facet in the following order:

1. The object adapter tries to find a servant for the identity and facet in the Active Servant Map.
2. If no servant has been found in the Active Servant Map, the object adapter tries to find a default servant for the category component of the identity.
3. If no servant has been found by any of the preceding steps, the object adapter tries to find a default servant for an empty category, regardless of the category contained in the identity.
4. If no servant has been found by any of the preceding steps, the object adapter gives up and the caller receives ObjectNotExistException or FacetNotExistException.

#### Parameters

servant
  The default servant.
category
  The category for which the default servant is registered. An empty category means it will handle all categories.

#### See Also

removeDefaultServant
findDefaultServant

### Object remove(Identity id)

Remove a servant (that is, the default facet) from the object adapter's Active Servant Map.

#### Parameters

id
  The identity of the Ice object that is implemented by the servant. If the servant implements multiple Ice objects, remove has to be called for all those Ice objects. Removing an identity that is not in the map throws NotRegisteredException.

#### Return Value

The removed servant.

#### See Also

Identity
add
addWithUUID

### Object removeFacet(Identity id, string facet)

Like remove, but with a facet. Calling `remove(id)` is equivalent to calling removeFacet with an empty facet.

#### Parameters

id
  The identity of the Ice object that is implemented by the servant.
facet
  The facet. An empty facet means the default facet.

#### Return Value

The removed servant.

#### See Also

Identity
addFacet
addFacetWithUUID

### FacetMap removeAllFacets(Identity id)

Remove all facets with the given identity from the Active Servant Map. The operation completely removes the Ice object, including its default facet. Removing an identity that is not in the map throws NotRegisteredException.

#### Parameters

id
  The identity of the Ice object to be removed.

#### Return Value

A collection containing all the facet names and servants of the removed Ice object.

#### See Also

remove
removeFacet

### Object removeDefaultServant(string category)

Remove the default servant for a specific category. Attempting to remove a default servant for a category that is not registered throws NotRegisteredException.

#### Parameters

category
  The category of the default servant to remove.

#### Return Value

The default servant.

#### See Also

addDefaultServant
findDefaultServant

### Object find(Identity id)

Look up a servant in this object adapter's Active Servant Map by the identity of the Ice object it implements.

This operation only tries to look up a servant in the Active Servant Map. It does not attempt to find a servant by using any installed ServantLocator.

#### Parameters

id
  The identity of the Ice object for which the servant should be returned.

#### Return Value

The servant that implements the Ice object with the given identity, or null if no such servant has been found.

#### See Also

Identity
findFacet
findByProxy

### Object findFacet(Identity id, string facet)

Like find, but with a facet. Calling `find(id)` is equivalent to calling findFacet with an empty facet.

#### Parameters

id
  The identity of the Ice object for which the servant should be returned.
facet
  The facet. An empty facet means the default facet.

#### Return Value

The servant that implements the Ice object with the given identity and facet, or null if no such servant has been found.

#### See Also

Identity
find
findByProxy

### FacetMap findAllFacets(Identity id)

Find all facets with the given identity in the Active Servant Map.

#### Parameters

id
  The identity of the Ice object for which the facets should be returned.

#### Return Value

A collection containing all the facet names and servants that have been found, or an empty map if there is no facet for the given identity.

#### See Also

find
findFacet

### Object findByProxy(Object* proxy)

Look up a servant in this object adapter's Active Servant Map, given a proxy.

This operation only tries to lookup a servant in the Active Servant Map. It does not attempt to find a servant by using any installed ServantLocator.

#### Parameters

proxy
  The proxy for which the servant should be returned.

#### Return Value

The servant that matches the proxy, or null if no such servant has been found.

#### See Also

find
findFacet

### void addServantLocator(ServantLocator locator, string category)

Add a Servant Locator to this object adapter. Adding a servant locator for a category for which a servant locator is already registered throws AlreadyRegisteredException. To dispatch operation calls on servants, the object adapter tries to find a servant for a given Ice object identity and facet in the following order:

1. The object adapter tries to find a servant for the identity and facet in the Active Servant Map.
2. If no servant has been found in the Active Servant Map, the object adapter tries to find a servant locator for the category component of the identity. If a locator is found, the object adapter tries to find a servant using this locator.
3. If no servant has been found by any of the preceding steps, the object adapter tries to find a locator for an empty category, regardless of the category contained in the identity. If a locator is found, the object adapter tries to find a servant using this locator.
4. If no servant has been found by any of the preceding steps, the object adapter gives up and the caller receives ObjectNotExistException or FacetNotExistException.

Only one locator for the empty category can be installed.

#### Parameters

locator
  The locator to add.
category
  The category for which the Servant Locator can locate servants, or an empty string if the Servant Locator does not belong to any specific category.

#### See Also

Identity
removeServantLocator
findServantLocator
ServantLocator

### ServantLocator removeServantLocator(string category)

Remove a Servant Locator from this object adapter.

#### Parameters

category
  The category for which the Servant Locator can locate servants, or an empty string if the Servant Locator does not belong to any specific category.

#### Return Value

The Servant Locator, or throws NotRegisteredException if no Servant Locator was found for the given category.

#### See Also

Identity
addServantLocator
findServantLocator
ServantLocator

### ServantLocator findServantLocator(string category)

Find a Servant Locator installed with this object adapter.

#### Parameters

category
  The category for which the Servant Locator can locate servants, or an empty string if the Servant Locator does not belong to any specific category.

#### Return Value

The Servant Locator, or null if no Servant Locator was found for the given category.

#### See Also

Identity
addServantLocator
removeServantLocator
ServantLocator

### Object findDefaultServant(string category)

Find the default servant for a specific category.

#### Parameters

category
  The category of the default servant to find.

#### Return Value

The default servant or null if no default servant was registered for the category.

#### See Also

addDefaultServant
removeDefaultServant

### Object* createProxy(Identity id)

Create a proxy for the object with the given identity. If this object adapter is configured with an adapter id, the return value is an indirect proxy that refers to the adapter id. If a replica group id is also defined, the return value is an indirect proxy that refers to the replica group id. Otherwise, if no adapter id is defined, the return value is a direct proxy containing this object adapter's published endpoints.

#### Parameters

id
  The object's identity.

#### Return Value

A proxy for the object with the given identity.

#### See Also

Identity

### Object* createDirectProxy(Identity id)

Create a direct proxy for the object with the given identity. The returned proxy contains this object adapter's published endpoints.

#### Parameters

id
  The object's identity.

#### Return Value

A proxy for the object with the given identity.

#### See Also

Identity

### Object* createIndirectProxy(Identity id)

Create an indirect proxy for the object with the given identity. If this object adapter is configured with an adapter id, the return value refers to the adapter id. Otherwise, the return value contains only the object identity.

#### Parameters

id
  The object's identity.

#### Return Value

A proxy for the object with the given identity.

#### See Also

Identity

### void setLocator(Locator* loc)

Set an Ice locator for this object adapter. By doing so, the object adapter will register itself with the locator registry when it is activated for the first time. Furthermore, the proxies created by this object adapter will contain the adapter name instead of its endpoints.

#### Parameters

loc
  The locator used by this object adapter.

#### See Also

createDirectProxy
Locator
LocatorRegistry

### void refreshPublishedEndpoints()

Refresh the set of published endpoints. The run time re-reads the PublishedEndpoints property if it is set and re-reads the list of local interfaces if the adapter is configured to listen on all endpoints. This operation is useful to refresh the endpoint information that is published in the proxies that are created by an object adapter if the network interfaces used by a host changes.

### EndpointSeq getEndpoints()

Get the set of endpoints configured with this object adapter.

#### Return Value

The set of endpoints.

#### See Also

Endpoint

### EndpointSeq getPublishedEndpoints()

Get the set of endpoints that proxies created by this object adapter will contain.

#### Return Value

The set of published endpoints.

#### See Also

refreshPublishedEndpoints
Endpoint