com.bea.plateng.gpr.registry
Interface ProductInfo

All Known Implementing Classes:

ProductInfoImpl

public interface ProductInfo

Returns information about the product installed in a BEA Home directory that is represented by the ProductInfo object.

Version:

4.0.0 Jan 31, 2005

Author:

Copyright (c) 2004 by BEA Systems, Inc., All Rights Reserved.

Method Summary

java.lang.String[]	getComponents() Returns the names of the components of the product represented by this ProductInfo object.
java.lang.String	getDefaultJavaHome() Returns the Java home of the default Java installation.
java.lang.String	getDefaultJavaVendor() Returns the Java vendor of the default Java installation.
java.lang.String	getDefaultJavaVersion() Returns the version of the default Java installation.
java.lang.String	getNodeManagerListenPort() Returns the Node Manager listen port.
java.lang.String	getProductDir() Returns the absolute path of the directory in which the product represented by this ProductInfo object is installed.
java.lang.String	getProductName() Returns the name of the product represented by this ProductInfo object.
java.lang.String	getProductVersion() Returns the version of the product represented by this ProductInfo object.
java.lang.String	getProgramGroup() Returns the name of the program group in which the Start menu entry is created for the product represented by this ProductInfo object.
java.lang.String	getStartMenuLocation() On Windows systems, this method returns the absolute path of the directory containing the Start menu entries.
java.lang.String[]	getSubComponents(java.lang.String component) Returns the names of the subcomponents for the given component.

Method Detail

getProductName

java.lang.String getProductName()

Returns the name of the product represented by this ProductInfo object.

Returns:

The name of the product installed.

getProductVersion

java.lang.String getProductVersion()

Returns the version of the product represented by this ProductInfo object.

Returns:

The version of the product installed. For example: 7.0.0.0, or 9.0.0.0.

getDefaultJavaHome

java.lang.String getDefaultJavaHome()

Returns the Java home of the default Java installation.

Returns:

The absolute path, as String, to the default Java installation.

getDefaultJavaVendor

java.lang.String getDefaultJavaVendor()

Returns the Java vendor of the default Java installation.

Returns:

The Java vendor of the default Java installation. For example: BEA, or SUN.

getDefaultJavaVersion

java.lang.String getDefaultJavaVersion()

Returns the version of the default Java installation.

Returns:

The version of the default Java installation.

getStartMenuLocation

java.lang.String getStartMenuLocation()

On Windows systems, this method returns the absolute path of the directory containing the Start menu entries. For example, C:\Documents and Settings\USER\Start Menu\Programs.

Returns:

The full path of the directory containing the Start menu entries on the current machine. Returns null on Unix systems.

getProgramGroup

java.lang.String getProgramGroup()

Returns the name of the program group in which the Start menu entry for the product represented by this ProductInfo object is created.

Returns:

The name of the program group in which the Start menu entry for the product is created. Returns null on Unix systems.

getComponents

java.lang.String[] getComponents()

Returns the names of the components of the product represented by this ProductInfo object.

Returns:

An array of String representing the component names.

getSubComponents

java.lang.String[] getSubComponents(java.lang.String component)
                                    throws java.lang.IllegalArgumentException

Returns the names of the subcomponents for the given component.

Parameters:

component - The name of the component

Returns:

An array of String representing the subcomponent names, or an empty array if the product does not have a component that matches the input parameter.

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if the parameter is null or an empty string.

getNodeManagerListenPort

java.lang.String getNodeManagerListenPort()

Returns the Node Manager listen port.

Returns:

A String representing the Node Manager listen port.

getProductDir

java.lang.String getProductDir()

Returns the absolute path of the directory in which the product represented by this ProductInfo object is installed.

Returns:

The absolute path of the directory containing the installed product.