Converting Proxies to Strings

This page describes how an application can stringify a proxy and create a property dictionary that captures all the proxy's properties.

Stringifying a Proxy

You can stringify a proxy by calling toString on this proxy. For example:

GreeterPrx greeter = GreeterPrx.createProxy(
    communicator, 
    "greeter:tcp -h localhost -p 4061");
String s = greeter.toString();

toString stringifies non-printable ASCII characters and non-ASCII characters in the proxy's identity, facet and object adapter ID as specified through the Ice.ToStringMode property.

Proxy To Property

You can also perform a deeper proxy stringification by calling proxyToProperty on your communicator. For example:

GreeterPrx greeter = GreeterPrx.createProxy(
    communicator, 
    "greeter:tcp -h localhost -p 4061");
Map<String, String> propertyDict = 
    communicator.proxyToProperty(greeter, "Greeter");

The resulting map or dictionary holds all the proxy properties for the supplied proxy. The second parameter of propertyToProxy is the base name for the properties in the returned map.

See Also

• Obtaining Proxies

• Proxy and Endpoint Syntax

• Proxy Properties