twisted.spread.pb.RemoteReference

Package twisted :: Package spread :: Module pb :: Class RemoteReference

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Class RemoteReference

Jellyable --+    
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    Ephemeral --+
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               RemoteReference

This is a translucent reference to a remote object.

I may be a reference to a flavors.ViewPoint, a flavors.Referenceable, or a Perspective. From the client's perspective, it is not possible to tell which except by convention.

I am a "translucent" reference because although no additional bookkeeping overhead is given to the application programmer for manipulating a reference, return values are asynchronous.

See also twisted.internet.defer.

Method Summary
	`__init__(self, perspective, broker, luid, doRefCount)` (internal) Initialize me with a broker and a locally-unique ID.
	`__cmp__(self, other)` Compare me [to another `RemoteReference`].
	`__del__(self)` Do distributed reference counting on finalization.
	`__getstate__(self)` (inherited from `Ephemeral`)
	`__hash__(self)` Hash me.
	`__setstate__(self, state)` (inherited from `Ephemeral`)
`twisted.internet.defer.Deferred`	`callRemote(self, name, args, *kw)` Asynchronously invoke a remote method.
	`dontNotifyOnDisconnect(self, callback)` Remove a callback that was registered with notifyOnDisconnect.
	`getStateFor(self, jellier)` (inherited from `Jellyable`)
	`jellyFor(self, jellier)` If I am being sent back to where I came from, serialize as a local backreference.
	`notifyOnDisconnect(self, callback)` Register a callback to be called if our broker gets disconnected.
	`processUniqueID(self)` Return an ID which uniquely represents this object for this process. (inherited from `Serializable`)
	`remoteMethod(self, key)` Get a `RemoteMethod`for this key.
	`unjellyFor(self, unjellier, unjellyList)`
	`_disconnected(self)` Called if we are disconnected and have callbacks registered.

Instance Variable Summary
`Broker`	`broker` - The broker I am obtained through.

Method Details

init(self, perspective, broker, luid, doRefCount)
(Constructor)

(internal) Initialize me with a broker and a locally-unique ID.

The ID is unique only to the particular Perspective Broker instance.

cmp(self, other)
(Comparison operator)

Compare me [to another RemoteReference].

del(self)
(Destructor)

Do distributed reference counting on finalization.

hash(self)
(Hashing function)

Hash me.

callRemote(self, name, *args, **kw)

Asynchronously invoke a remote method.

Parameters:: name - the name of the remote method to invoke
(type=string); args - arguments to serialize for the remote function; kw - keyword arguments to serialize for the remote function.

Returns:: a Deferred which will be fired when the result of this remote call is received.
(type=twisted.internet.defer.Deferred)

dontNotifyOnDisconnect(self, callback)

Remove a callback that was registered with notifyOnDisconnect.

jellyFor(self, jellier)

If I am being sent back to where I came from, serialize as a local backreference.

notifyOnDisconnect(self, callback)

This callback will be called with one argument, this instance.

remoteMethod(self, key)

Get a RemoteMethod for this key.

_disconnected(self)

Called if we are disconnected and have callbacks registered.

Instance Variable Details

broker

The broker I am obtained through.

Type:: Broker

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