Dynamic access to available distributed objects.

Question

What I want is a method called, say, PingAllServices().
This method will attempt to communicate with every service
object "visible" to it. Is Forte capable of providing me
with a list of service objects (remote and local) "visible" to me?
I would also need the ability to attempt to "connect" to this
service object.
The advantages are:
1) Won't have to change code if I change my partition scheme.
2) I only have one version of the method which can be invoked
from any partition.
3) Service objects are not hard coded.
(Avoids bugs where someone has added a service object,
but not updated the method)
4) Perfect for "warm starting" all of my partitions in
a connected environment/failover scenario
5) Startup order of partitions is not an issue. (I could
code to "wait" for all "visible" service objects to
become available).
Mark Sundsten
Unified Information, Inc.
425-814-4012

Answer 1

For simple reflection, I find Statement and Expression of package java.beans handy, but it does have its limitations. Try it:
public class CrappyBean {
    private int value;
    public void setValue(int value) {
        this.value = value;
    public int getValue() {
        return value;
import java.beans.Statement;
import java.beans.Expression;
public class StatementUse {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        CrappyBean object = new CrappyBean();
        Statement setter = new Statement(object, "setValue", new Object[]{17});
        Expression getter = new Expression(object, "getValue", null);
        setter.execute();
        System.out.println(getter.getValue());
}