/// <summary>
/// Function to get a remote reference to a PADInt with a given uid.
/// If the object doesn't exist, then returns null, and warns the client.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="uid"></param>
/// <returns>The remote reference to the PADInt object</returns>
public static PADInt AccessPADInt(int uid)
{
List <PADInt> objectReferences = new List <PADInt>();
List <string> servers;
if (_references.ContainsKey(uid))
{
Console.WriteLine("The reference for the PADInt " + uid + " was in cache");
return(_references[uid]);
}
Console.WriteLine("DSTMLib-> calling master to get the servers for the PADInt!");
servers = _master.GetServers(uid);
if (servers == null)
{
Console.WriteLine("DSTMLib-> ERROR: The PadInt with uid" + uid + " does not exist");
return(null);
}
foreach (String server in servers)
{
Console.WriteLine("DSTMLib-> connecting to the server " + server);
ServerInterface chosen = (ServerInterface)Activator.GetObject(typeof(ServerInterface), server);
objectReferences.Add(chosen.AccessPADInt(uid, _transactionId));
if (!_serverList.Contains(server))
{
_serverList.Add(server);
}
}
PADInt localCopy = new PADInt(objectReferences, _transactionId, objectReferences[0].UID, objectReferences[0].Value);
_references.Add(localCopy.UID, localCopy);
return(localCopy);
}