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| | The LocatorUnum provides the authority to convert bits (a [[VatID]] and [[SwissNumber]]) into a capability (a [[CapTP]] [[live ref]]). Each [[Introducer]] has one presence of the LocatorUnum. | | The LocatorUnum provides the authority to convert bits (a [[VatID]] and [[SwissNumber]]) into a capability (a [[CapTP]] [[live ref]]). Each [[Introducer]] has one presence of the LocatorUnum. |
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| - | {{instance msgdoc|getRcvr|4|<var>searchPath</var> :[[SearchPath]], <var>vatID</var> :[[VatID]], <var>swissNum</var> :[[Swiss]], <var>optFarVine</var> :[[any]]|[[any]]}}
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| - | {{XXX|In E-on-Java this is Java-defined as <code>throws IOException, IndexOutOfBoundsException</code>. Should this be documented as throwing? If it throws rather than returning broken, is this a being-consistently-eventual failure?}}
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| - | The basic operation underlying '[[SturdyRef]].getRcvr()'.
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| - | This is where a reference to a remote object actually gets the various underlying comm systems connected so that we can send messages.
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| - | getRcvr only works when we're [[Introducer#onTheAir/0|onTheAir]].
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| - | ; searchPath : A list of places to try to find the vat
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| - | ; vatID : The vat from which the object reference should be obtained
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| - | ; swissNum : The SwissNumber of the desired object
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| - | ; optFarVine : Optional object for holding onto a Remote reference via whoever we got it from long enough to fetch our own Remote reference via this lookup.
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Revision as of 18:50, 8 August 2007
See [1].
The LocatorUnum provides the authority to convert bits (a VatID and SwissNumber) into a capability (a CapTP live ref). Each Introducer has one presence of the LocatorUnum.
