IRODispatchNotifier

Overview

The IRODispatchNotifier interface provides methods for receiving notifications when a service methods are about to be invoked. In Remoting SDK, this interface is used by TROInvoker to notify services about incoming requests before their methods are actually invoked.

IRODispatchNotifier is implemented by the TRORemoteDataModule, which fires an OnGetDispatchInfo event whenever it receives notifications.

Use Case

If you use TRORemotable as your base class, you can implement this interface in your service class to obtain access to specific information (like MessageName from IROMessage, which stores names of called methods). For example, by default, TRORemotable does not provide access to ClientID, but you can still obtain it, as shown below:

  TNewService = class(TRORemotable, INewService, IRODispatchNotifier)
  private
    FClientId: TGUID;
    procedure GetDispatchInfo(const aTransport : IROTransport; const aMessage : IROMessage);
  protected
    function ShowClientId: Guid;
  end;

procedure TNewService.GetDispatchInfo(const aTransport: IROTransport;
  const aMessage: IROMessage);
begin
  FClientId := aMessage.ClientID;
end;

function TNewService.ShowClientId: Guid;
begin
  Result := GUIDToString(FClientId);
end;

The demo DispatchNotifier is a good example of how to intercept method calls and get other information about the client.

Location

• Unit: uROServerIntf.pas
• Ancestry: IRODispatchNotifier

procedure GetDispatchInfo(const aTransport: IROTransport; const aMessage: IROMessage)