src/java/isac/util/InformationProcessor.java
changeset 1773 8de024816985
parent 1741 5fd12521ddca
child 2162 161819a0cbbc
     1.1 --- a/src/java/isac/util/InformationProcessor.java	Mon Aug 30 18:57:59 2004 +0200
     1.2 +++ b/src/java/isac/util/InformationProcessor.java	Mon Aug 30 18:57:59 2004 +0200
     1.3 @@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
     1.4  /*
     1.5   * Created on Aug 16, 2003
     1.6 - *
     1.7 - * To change the template for this generated file go to
     1.8 - * Window>Preferences>Java>Code Generation>Code and Comments
     1.9   */
    1.10  package isac.util;
    1.11  
    1.12 @@ -19,179 +16,183 @@
    1.13  
    1.14  import org.apache.xmlrpc.XmlRpcClient;
    1.15  import org.apache.xmlrpc.XmlRpcException;
    1.16 +
    1.17  /**
    1.18 - * @author gismo
    1.19 - *
    1.20 - * The InformationProcessor builds the bridge between BrowserFrontend
    1.21 - * and BrowserDialog. It encapsulates all tasks regarding communication and
    1.22 - * connects to the proper dialog-modules.
    1.23 + * @author Andreas Griesmayer
    1.24   * 
    1.25 - * Because the final communication-protocol is not fixed yet, it provides methods 
    1.26 - * to communicate via RMI as well as XML-RPC
    1.27 + * The InformationProcessor builds the bridge between BrowserFrontend and
    1.28 + * BrowserDialog. It encapsulates all tasks regarding communication and connects
    1.29 + * to the proper dialog-modules.
    1.30 + * 
    1.31 + * Because the final communication-protocol is not fixed yet, it provides
    1.32 + * methods to communicate via RMI as well as XML-RPC
    1.33   */
    1.34  public class InformationProcessor {
    1.35  
    1.36 -/**
    1.37 - * Performes an login on the session dialog using the XML-RPC protocol. It assumes that the 
    1.38 - * SessionDialog is running its XML-RPC-handler on port 1050 of the local machine.
    1.39 - * 
    1.40 - * @param username username of the user who wants to login.
    1.41 - * @param password corresponding password for the user.
    1.42 - * @return the id of the current sesson the user logged in or null if the login did not succeed
    1.43 - * @throws NullPointerException carrying the error-message if an communication error occured.
    1.44 - */
    1.45 -    static protected String xmlLogin(String username, String password){
    1.46 -	try{
    1.47 -	    XmlRpcClient sdialog = new XmlRpcClient("http://localhost:1050");
    1.48 -	    Vector params = new Vector();
    1.49 -	    params.add(username);
    1.50 -	    params.add(password);
    1.51 -	    Vector response = (Vector) sdialog.execute("SDialog.login", params);
    1.52 -	    if(response.size()>0)
    1.53 -		return (String)response.elementAt(0);
    1.54 -	}catch(MalformedURLException e) {
    1.55 -		throw new NullPointerException(getErrorXML("Sorry, MalformedURLException while accessing the SDialog to login - is the SDialog runnig ?"+e.getMessage()));
    1.56 -	} catch (XmlRpcException e) {
    1.57 -		throw new NullPointerException(getErrorXML("Sorry, XmlRpcException while accessing the SDialog to login - is the SDialog runnig ?"+e.getMessage()));
    1.58 -	} catch (IOException e) {
    1.59 -		throw new NullPointerException(getErrorXML("Sorry, IOException while accessing the SDialog to login - is the SDialog runnig ?"+e.getMessage()));
    1.60 +	/**
    1.61 +	 * Performes an login on the session dialog using the XML-RPC protocol. It
    1.62 +	 * assumes that the SessionDialog is running its XML-RPC-handler on port
    1.63 +	 * 1050 of the local machine.
    1.64 +	 * 
    1.65 +	 * @param username
    1.66 +	 *            username of the user who wants to login.
    1.67 +	 * @param password
    1.68 +	 *            corresponding password for the user.
    1.69 +	 * @return the id of the current sesson the user logged in or null if the
    1.70 +	 *         login did not succeed
    1.71 +	 * @throws NullPointerException
    1.72 +	 *             carrying the error-message if an communication error occured.
    1.73 +	 */
    1.74 +	static protected String xmlLogin(String username, String password) {
    1.75 +		try {
    1.76 +			XmlRpcClient sdialog = new XmlRpcClient("http://localhost:1050");
    1.77 +			Vector params = new Vector();
    1.78 +			params.add(username);
    1.79 +			params.add(password);
    1.80 +			Vector response = (Vector) sdialog.execute("SDialog.login", params);
    1.81 +			if (response.size() > 0)
    1.82 +				return (String) response.elementAt(0);
    1.83 +		} catch (MalformedURLException e) {
    1.84 +			throw new NullPointerException(
    1.85 +					getErrorXML("Sorry, MalformedURLException while accessing the SDialog to login - is the SDialog runnig ?"
    1.86 +							+ e.getMessage()));
    1.87 +		} catch (XmlRpcException e) {
    1.88 +			throw new NullPointerException(
    1.89 +					getErrorXML("Sorry, XmlRpcException while accessing the SDialog to login - is the SDialog runnig ?"
    1.90 +							+ e.getMessage()));
    1.91 +		} catch (IOException e) {
    1.92 +			throw new NullPointerException(
    1.93 +					getErrorXML("Sorry, IOException while accessing the SDialog to login - is the SDialog runnig ?"
    1.94 +							+ e.getMessage()));
    1.95 +		}
    1.96 +		return null;
    1.97  	}
    1.98 -	return null;
    1.99 -    }
   1.100  
   1.101 -/**
   1.102 - *  Performes a login on the Session dialog using RMI. It assumes the SessionDialog to be found 
   1.103 - * at //localhost/isac-ObjectManager
   1.104 - * 
   1.105 - * @param username username of the user who wants to login.
   1.106 - * @param password corresponding password for the user.
   1.107 - * @return the id of the current sesson the user logged in or null if the login did not succeed
   1.108 - * @throws NullPointerException carrying the error-message if an communication error occured.
   1.109 - */
   1.110 -	static public String login(String username, String password){
   1.111 +	/**
   1.112 +	 * Performes a login on the Session dialog using RMI. It assumes the
   1.113 +	 * SessionDialog to be found at //localhost/isac-ObjectManager
   1.114 +	 * 
   1.115 +	 * @param username
   1.116 +	 *            username of the user who wants to login.
   1.117 +	 * @param password
   1.118 +	 *            corresponding password for the user.
   1.119 +	 * @return the id of the current sesson the user logged in or null if the
   1.120 +	 *         login did not succeed
   1.121 +	 * @throws NullPointerException
   1.122 +	 *             carrying the error-message if an communication error occured.
   1.123 +	 */
   1.124 +	static public String login(String username, String password) {
   1.125  		SDialog sd = getSDialog();
   1.126  		try {
   1.127  			/* LK 04.08.27 */
   1.128  			//if username != pwd -> empty Vector
   1.129 -			Vector v = sd.login(username,password);
   1.130 +			Vector v = sd.login(username, password);
   1.131  			if (v.size() == 0) {
   1.132  				return null;
   1.133  			} else {
   1.134 -				return (String)v.elementAt(0);
   1.135 +				return (String) v.elementAt(0);
   1.136  			}
   1.137  		} catch (RemoteException e) {
   1.138 -			throw new NullPointerException(getErrorXML("Sorry, RemoteEcxeption while accessing the SDialog to login - is the SDialog runnig ?"+e.getMessage()));
   1.139 +			throw new NullPointerException(
   1.140 +					getErrorXML("Sorry, RemoteEcxeption while accessing the SDialog to login - is the SDialog runnig ?"
   1.141 +							+ e.getMessage()));
   1.142  		}
   1.143  	}
   1.144 -	
   1.145 -	public static BDialog getBDialog(String session){
   1.146 +
   1.147 +	public static BDialog getBDialog(String session) {
   1.148  		String name = "//localhost/isac-ObjectManager";
   1.149 -		try{
   1.150 -			System.out.println("connect to ObjectManager"+name);
   1.151 +		try {
   1.152 +			System.out.println("connect to ObjectManager" + name);
   1.153  			Object lookup = Naming.lookup(name);
   1.154 -			return ((OManager)lookup).getBrowserDialog(session);
   1.155 -		}
   1.156 -		catch(RemoteException exc){
   1.157 -			System.err.println("no rmiregistry runing on server "+name+
   1.158 -			" no connection possible --- try later");
   1.159 +			return ((OManager) lookup).getBrowserDialog(session);
   1.160 +		} catch (RemoteException exc) {
   1.161 +			System.err.println("no rmiregistry runing on server " + name
   1.162 +					+ " no connection possible --- try later");
   1.163  			System.err.println("serverCom exception: " + exc.getMessage());
   1.164 -		}
   1.165 -		catch(NotBoundException exc){
   1.166 -			System.err.println("servercom: notboundexc: "+ exc.getMessage());
   1.167 +		} catch (NotBoundException exc) {
   1.168 +			System.err.println("servercom: notboundexc: " + exc.getMessage());
   1.169  			System.err.println("server not found - try to connect to Proxy");
   1.170 -		}
   1.171 -		catch(java.net.MalformedURLException exc){
   1.172 -			System.err.println("servercom: MalformedURLException: "+ exc.getMessage());
   1.173 +		} catch (java.net.MalformedURLException exc) {
   1.174 +			System.err.println("servercom: MalformedURLException: "
   1.175 +					+ exc.getMessage());
   1.176  			exc.printStackTrace();
   1.177  		}
   1.178  		return null;
   1.179  	}
   1.180  
   1.181 -  public static SDialog getSDialog(){
   1.182 -	String name= "//localhost/isac-ObjectManager";
   1.183 -	try {
   1.184 -		System.out.println("connect to ObjectManager: "+name);
   1.185 -		Object lookup =  Naming.lookup(name);
   1.186 -		return ((OManager) lookup).getSessionDialog();
   1.187 +	public static SDialog getSDialog() {
   1.188 +		String name = "//localhost/isac-ObjectManager";
   1.189 +		try {
   1.190 +			System.out.println("connect to ObjectManager: " + name);
   1.191 +			Object lookup = Naming.lookup(name);
   1.192 +			return ((OManager) lookup).getSessionDialog();
   1.193 +		} catch (RemoteException exc) {
   1.194 +			System.err.println("no rmiregistry runing on server " + name
   1.195 +					+ " no connection possible --- try later");
   1.196 +			System.err.println("serverCom exception: " + exc.getMessage());
   1.197 +		} catch (NotBoundException exc) {
   1.198 +			System.err.println("servercom: notboundexc: " + exc.getMessage());
   1.199 +			System.err.println("server not found - try to connect to Proxy");
   1.200 +		} catch (java.net.MalformedURLException exc) {
   1.201 +			System.err.println("servercom: MalformedURLException: "
   1.202 +					+ exc.getMessage());
   1.203 +			exc.printStackTrace();
   1.204 +		}
   1.205 +		return null;
   1.206  	}
   1.207 -	catch(RemoteException exc){
   1.208 -		System.err.println("no rmiregistry runing on server "+name+
   1.209 -		" no connection possible --- try later");
   1.210 -		System.err.println("serverCom exception: " + exc.getMessage());
   1.211 -	}
   1.212 -	catch(NotBoundException exc){
   1.213 -		System.err.println("servercom: notboundexc: "+ exc.getMessage());
   1.214 -		System.err.println("server not found - try to connect to Proxy");
   1.215 -	}
   1.216 -	catch(java.net.MalformedURLException exc){
   1.217 -		System.err.println("servercom: MalformedURLException: "+ exc.getMessage());
   1.218 -		exc.printStackTrace();
   1.219 -	}
   1.220 -	return null;
   1.221 -}
   1.222  
   1.223 -/*
   1.224 -	static protected String oldloadString(String function, Vector parameter){
   1.225 -	XmlRpcClient bdialog;
   1.226 -	String xmlsource="";
   1.227 -	try {
   1.228 -		bdialog = new XmlRpcClient("http://localhost:1040");
   1.229 -		Vector result = (Vector) bdialog.execute(function, parameter);
   1.230 -		xmlsource = (String)result.firstElement();
   1.231 -	} catch (MalformedURLException e) {
   1.232 -		e.printStackTrace();
   1.233 -	} catch (XmlRpcException e) {
   1.234 -		e.printStackTrace();
   1.235 -	} catch (IOException e) {
   1.236 -		e.printStackTrace();
   1.237 -	}
   1.238 -	return xmlsource;
   1.239 -	}
   1.240 -*/
   1.241 -/*
   1.242 -	static protected Vector oldloadVector(String function, Vector parameter){
   1.243 -	Vector return_vect=new Vector();
   1.244 -	XmlRpcClient bdialog;
   1.245 -	String xmlsource="";
   1.246 -	try {
   1.247 -		bdialog = new XmlRpcClient("http://localhost:1040");
   1.248 -		return_vect = (Vector) bdialog.execute(function, parameter);
   1.249 -	} catch (MalformedURLException e) {
   1.250 -		e.printStackTrace();
   1.251 -	} catch (XmlRpcException e) {
   1.252 -		e.printStackTrace();
   1.253 -	} catch (IOException e) {
   1.254 -		e.printStackTrace();
   1.255 -	}
   1.256 -	return return_vect;
   1.257 -	}
   1.258 -*/
   1.259 +	/*
   1.260 +	 * static protected String oldloadString(String function, Vector parameter){
   1.261 +	 * XmlRpcClient bdialog; String xmlsource=""; try { bdialog = new
   1.262 +	 * XmlRpcClient("http://localhost:1040"); Vector result = (Vector)
   1.263 +	 * bdialog.execute(function, parameter); xmlsource =
   1.264 +	 * (String)result.firstElement(); } catch (MalformedURLException e) {
   1.265 +	 * e.printStackTrace(); } catch (XmlRpcException e) { e.printStackTrace(); }
   1.266 +	 * catch (IOException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } return xmlsource; }
   1.267 +	 */
   1.268 +	/*
   1.269 +	 * static protected Vector oldloadVector(String function, Vector parameter){
   1.270 +	 * Vector return_vect=new Vector(); XmlRpcClient bdialog; String
   1.271 +	 * xmlsource=""; try { bdialog = new XmlRpcClient("http://localhost:1040");
   1.272 +	 * return_vect = (Vector) bdialog.execute(function, parameter); } catch
   1.273 +	 * (MalformedURLException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } catch (XmlRpcException
   1.274 +	 * e) { e.printStackTrace(); } catch (IOException e) { e.printStackTrace(); }
   1.275 +	 * return return_vect; }
   1.276 +	 */
   1.277  
   1.278 -/**
   1.279 - * Loads the hierarchy for the information-type <code>type</type>
   1.280 - * @param session session to identify on the SessionDialog
   1.281 - * @param type type of the hierarchy to load
   1.282 - * @return  the requested hierarchy in its XML-representation, in case of an RemoteException, a XML-code 
   1.283 - * carrying the error-message is returned
   1.284 - */
   1.285 -	static public String loadHierarchy(String session, String type){
   1.286 +	/**
   1.287 +	 * Loads the hierarchy for the information-type <code>type</type>
   1.288 +	 * @param session session to identify on the SessionDialog
   1.289 +	 * @param type type of the hierarchy to load
   1.290 +	 * @return  the requested hierarchy in its XML-representation, in case of an RemoteException, a XML-code 
   1.291 +	 * carrying the error-message is returned
   1.292 +	 */
   1.293 +	static public String loadHierarchy(String session, String type) {
   1.294  		BDialog bd = getBDialog(session);
   1.295  		try {
   1.296  			return bd.loadHierarchy(type);
   1.297  		} catch (RemoteException e) {
   1.298 -			return getErrorXML("Sorry, RemoteEcxeption while accessing the BDialog to login - is the BDialog runnig ?"+e.getMessage());
   1.299 +			return getErrorXML("Sorry, RemoteEcxeption while accessing the BDialog to login - is the BDialog runnig ?"
   1.300 +					+ e.getMessage());
   1.301  		}
   1.302  	}
   1.303  
   1.304  	/**
   1.305  	 * Loads binary files from the KE-Base
   1.306 -	 * @param session session to identify on the SessionDialog
   1.307 -	 * @param type to identify the location of the binary file. An id has only to be unique within a type, although 
   1.308 -	 * a globally unique id should be used.
   1.309 -	 * @param content_id Id of the binary-file to load
   1.310 -	 * @return  the requested binary-file as byte-array, in case of an RemoteException, an empty array is returned
   1.311 +	 * 
   1.312 +	 * @param session
   1.313 +	 *            session to identify on the SessionDialog
   1.314 +	 * @param type
   1.315 +	 *            to identify the location of the binary file. An id has only to
   1.316 +	 *            be unique within a type, although a globally unique id should
   1.317 +	 *            be used.
   1.318 +	 * @param content_id
   1.319 +	 *            Id of the binary-file to load
   1.320 +	 * @return the requested binary-file as byte-array, in case of an
   1.321 +	 *         RemoteException, an empty array is returned
   1.322  	 */
   1.323 -	static public byte[] loadBinary(String session, String type, String content_id){
   1.324 +	static public byte[] loadBinary(String session, String type,
   1.325 +			String content_id) {
   1.326  		BDialog bd = getBDialog(session);
   1.327  		try {
   1.328  			return bd.loadBinary(type, content_id);
   1.329 @@ -199,107 +200,121 @@
   1.330  			return new byte[0];
   1.331  		}
   1.332  	}
   1.333 -	static public String loadXML(String session, String type, Vector idvect){
   1.334 +
   1.335 +	static public String loadXML(String session, String type, Vector idvect) {
   1.336  		BDialog bd = getBDialog(session);
   1.337 -		try{
   1.338 +		try {
   1.339  			return bd.loadContent(type, idvect);
   1.340 -		} catch(RemoteException e){
   1.341 +		} catch (RemoteException e) {
   1.342  			return getErrorXML("Sorry, RemoteException while accessing the BDialog to fetch your content");
   1.343  		}
   1.344  	}
   1.345  
   1.346  	/**
   1.347  	 * Loads content-files from the KE-Base
   1.348 -	 * @param session session to identify on the SessionDialog
   1.349 -	 * @param type to identify the location of the KE-Object. An id has only to be unique within a type, although 
   1.350 -	 * a globally unique id should be used.
   1.351 -	 * @param content_id Id of the KE-Object to load
   1.352 -	 * @return  the requested KE-Object in its XML-representation, in case of an RemoteException, a XML-code 
   1.353 -	 * carrying the error-message is returned
   1.354 +	 * 
   1.355 +	 * @param session
   1.356 +	 *            session to identify on the SessionDialog
   1.357 +	 * @param type
   1.358 +	 *            to identify the location of the KE-Object. An id has only to
   1.359 +	 *            be unique within a type, although a globally unique id should
   1.360 +	 *            be used.
   1.361 +	 * @param content_id
   1.362 +	 *            Id of the KE-Object to load
   1.363 +	 * @return the requested KE-Object in its XML-representation, in case of an
   1.364 +	 *         RemoteException, a XML-code carrying the error-message is
   1.365 +	 *         returned
   1.366  	 */
   1.367 -	static public String loadXML(String session, String type, String content_id){
   1.368 +	static public String loadXML(String session, String type, String content_id) {
   1.369  		BDialog bd = getBDialog(session);
   1.370  		try {
   1.371  			return bd.loadContent(type, content_id);
   1.372  		} catch (RemoteException e) {
   1.373 -			return getErrorXML("Sorry, RemoteException while accessing the BDialog to fetch your file \""+content_id+"\" is the BDialog running?");
   1.374 +			return getErrorXML("Sorry, RemoteException while accessing the BDialog to fetch your file \""
   1.375 +					+ content_id + "\" is the BDialog running?");
   1.376  		}
   1.377  	}
   1.378  
   1.379  	/**
   1.380 -	 * Evaluates the requested content in the given worksheet using the BrowserDialog
   1.381 -	 * @param session session to identify on the SessionDialog
   1.382 -	 * @param type to identify the location of the KE-Object. An id has only to be unique within a type, although 
   1.383 -	 * a globally unique id should be used.
   1.384 -	 * @param content_id Id of the KE-Object to load
   1.385 -	 * @param wd_id id of the worksheet the contanct for evaluating
   1.386 -	 * @return  the requested KE-Object in its XML-representation, in case of an RemoteException, a XML-code 
   1.387 -	 * carrying the error-message is returned
   1.388 +	 * Evaluates the requested content in the given worksheet using the
   1.389 +	 * BrowserDialog
   1.390 +	 * 
   1.391 +	 * @param session
   1.392 +	 *            session to identify on the SessionDialog
   1.393 +	 * @param type
   1.394 +	 *            to identify the location of the KE-Object. An id has only to
   1.395 +	 *            be unique within a type, although a globally unique id should
   1.396 +	 *            be used.
   1.397 +	 * @param content_id
   1.398 +	 *            Id of the KE-Object to load
   1.399 +	 * @param wd_id
   1.400 +	 *            id of the worksheet the contanct for evaluating
   1.401 +	 * @return the requested KE-Object in its XML-representation, in case of an
   1.402 +	 *         RemoteException, a XML-code carrying the error-message is
   1.403 +	 *         returned
   1.404  	 * @see BDialog#evaluateContent
   1.405  	 */
   1.406 -	static public String evaluateXML(String session, String type, String content_id, String wd_id){
   1.407 +	static public String evaluateXML(String session, String type,
   1.408 +			String content_id, String wd_id) {
   1.409  		BDialog bd = getBDialog(session);
   1.410  		try {
   1.411  			return bd.evaluateContent(type, content_id, wd_id);
   1.412  		} catch (RemoteException e) {
   1.413 - 			return getErrorXML("Sorry, RemoteException while accessing the BDialog to evaluate \""+content_id+"\" is the BDialog running?");
   1.414 - 		}	
   1.415 +			return getErrorXML("Sorry, RemoteException while accessing the BDialog to evaluate \""
   1.416 +					+ content_id + "\" is the BDialog running?");
   1.417 +		}
   1.418  	}
   1.419 -	
   1.420 +
   1.421  	/*
   1.422 -    static protected Reader loadsKEObject(String function, Vector parameter){
   1.423 -	XmlRpcClient bdialog;
   1.424 -	String xmlsource="";
   1.425 -	try {
   1.426 -	    bdialog = new XmlRpcClient("http://localhost:1040");
   1.427 -	    Vector result = (Vector) bdialog.execute(function, parameter);
   1.428 -	    if(result.size()>0)
   1.429 -	    	xmlsource = (String)result.firstElement();
   1.430 -	    else
   1.431 -	    	xmlsource = "";
   1.432 -	} catch (MalformedURLException e) {
   1.433 -		return new StringReader(getErrorXML("Sorry, MalformedURLException while accessing the KEStore"));
   1.434 -	} catch (XmlRpcException e) {
   1.435 -		return new StringReader(getErrorXML("Sorry, XmlRpcException while accessing the KEStore"));
   1.436 -	} catch (IOException e) {
   1.437 -		return new StringReader(getErrorXML("Sorry, IOException while accessing the KEStore"));
   1.438 -	}
   1.439 -	return new StringReader(xmlsource);
   1.440 -    }
   1.441 -*/
   1.442 +	 * static protected Reader loadsKEObject(String function, Vector parameter){
   1.443 +	 * XmlRpcClient bdialog; String xmlsource=""; try { bdialog = new
   1.444 +	 * XmlRpcClient("http://localhost:1040"); Vector result = (Vector)
   1.445 +	 * bdialog.execute(function, parameter); if(result.size()>0) xmlsource =
   1.446 +	 * (String)result.firstElement(); else xmlsource = ""; } catch
   1.447 +	 * (MalformedURLException e) { return new StringReader(getErrorXML("Sorry,
   1.448 +	 * MalformedURLException while accessing the KEStore")); } catch
   1.449 +	 * (XmlRpcException e) { return new StringReader(getErrorXML("Sorry,
   1.450 +	 * XmlRpcException while accessing the KEStore")); } catch (IOException e) {
   1.451 +	 * return new StringReader(getErrorXML("Sorry, IOException while accessing
   1.452 +	 * the KEStore")); } return new StringReader(xmlsource); }
   1.453 +	 */
   1.454  
   1.455 -/**
   1.456 - * Get the corresponding user for a session.
   1.457 - * @param session_id id of the session to identify the user
   1.458 - * @return username or null if an invalid sessionid was given
   1.459 - * @throws NullPointerException carrying the error-message if an RemoteException occures.
   1.460 - */
   1.461 -	public static String getUsername(String session_id){
   1.462 +	/**
   1.463 +	 * Get the corresponding user for a session.
   1.464 +	 * 
   1.465 +	 * @param session_id
   1.466 +	 *            id of the session to identify the user
   1.467 +	 * @return username or null if an invalid sessionid was given
   1.468 +	 * @throws NullPointerException
   1.469 +	 *             carrying the error-message if an RemoteException occures.
   1.470 +	 */
   1.471 +	public static String getUsername(String session_id) {
   1.472  		SDialog sd = getSDialog();
   1.473  		try {
   1.474  			String username;
   1.475 -			if((username=sd.getUsername(session_id)).equals(""))
   1.476 +			if ((username = sd.getUsername(session_id)).equals(""))
   1.477  				return null;
   1.478  			return username;
   1.479  		} catch (RemoteException e) {
   1.480 -			throw new NullPointerException(getErrorXML("Sorry, RemoteException while accesing the SDialog - is it running ?"));
   1.481 +			throw new NullPointerException(
   1.482 +					getErrorXML("Sorry, RemoteException while accesing the SDialog - is it running ?"));
   1.483  		}
   1.484  	}
   1.485  
   1.486 -
   1.487  	/**
   1.488  	 * @param session_id
   1.489  	 * @return
   1.490  	 */
   1.491  	private static String xmlGetUsername(String session_id) {
   1.492  		XmlRpcClient bdialog;
   1.493 -		String xmlsource="";
   1.494 -		Vector parameter=new Vector();
   1.495 +		String xmlsource = "";
   1.496 +		Vector parameter = new Vector();
   1.497  		parameter.add(session_id);
   1.498  		try {
   1.499  			bdialog = new XmlRpcClient("http://localhost:1050");
   1.500 -			String result = (String) bdialog.execute("SDialog.getUsername", parameter);
   1.501 -			if(result.equals(""))
   1.502 +			String result = (String) bdialog.execute("SDialog.getUsername",
   1.503 +					parameter);
   1.504 +			if (result.equals(""))
   1.505  				return null;
   1.506  			return result;
   1.507  		} catch (MalformedURLException e) {
   1.508 @@ -308,10 +323,11 @@
   1.509  			return getErrorXML("Sorry, XmlRpcException while accesing the SDialog - is it running ?");
   1.510  		} catch (IOException e) {
   1.511  			return getErrorXML("Sorry, IOException while accesing the SDialog - is it running ?");
   1.512 -		}		
   1.513 +		}
   1.514  	}
   1.515  
   1.516  	private static String getErrorXML(String string) {
   1.517 -		return "<ERROR><DESCRIPTION> <h1> Error in file InformationPrecessor.java </h1>"+string+"</DESCRIPTION></ERROR>";
   1.518 +		return "<ERROR><DESCRIPTION> <h1> Error in file InformationPrecessor.java </h1>"
   1.519 +				+ string + "</DESCRIPTION></ERROR>";
   1.520  	}
   1.521 -}
   1.522 +}
   1.523 \ No newline at end of file