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package org.apache.river.container;

import java.io.File;
import java.net.URL;

/**
 * Defines an abstract connector for the surrogate container.
 * The connector looks after discovering the device that needs the surrogate,
 * then loads up the surrogate's jar file and installs the surrogate into the
 * container.
 * @author trasukg
 */
public class AbstractConnector {

    Host host=null;

    /**
     * Process the surrogate device's request to host a surrogate, starting
     * from a URL to the surrogate package.
     */
    public void processSurrogateHostingRequest(URL surrogatePackage) {
        // Allocate a working directory
        File workingDir=host.newWorkDirectory();
        
        SurrogateInstaller installer= (SurrogateInstaller)
                host.getAttribute(Names.SURROGATE_INSTALLER);

        installer.installSurrogate(host, workingDir);
    }
}