Package com.perforce.p4java.server

Interface IServerImplMetadata

public interface IServerImplMetadata
Provides an interface onto information about Perforce server implementations available through the server factory. Useful for presenting choices to end users, debugging, etc.

  • Method Details

    • getScreenName

      String getScreenName()
      Returns:
      a short name for this implementation, intended for use in menu pulldowns, etc. May contain spaces, but won't usually be more than 32 characters long.

    • getImplClassName

      String getImplClassName()
      Returns:
      the canonical name of the implementation class associated with this implementation.

    • isDefault

      boolean isDefault()
      Returns:
      true IFF this implementation will be used if the non-specific implementation scheme "p4j" is provided in the URI passed in to the server factory. There will be only one such default implementation for each factory.

    • getImplType

      IServerImplMetadata.ImplType getImplType()
      Returns:
      the implementation type associated with this implementation.

    • getUriScheme

      String getUriScheme()
      Returns:
      the URI scheme part to be used to specify this implementation to the server factory.

    • getMinimumServerLevel

      int getMinimumServerLevel()
      Returns:
      the earliest Perforce server version that this implementation will work reliably against. Typically in the form 20073 or 20091, etc.

    • getComments

      String getComments()
      Returns:
      any comments associated with the implementation. These should note any special restrictions or dependencies associated with the implementation that the user might need to know; this string may be null.