com.sun.tdk.sampleapi
Interface QuoteAgent


public interface QuoteAgent

Quote agent interface. Represents an abstract agent requesting stock information from a particular source (such as NYSE or NASDAQ).

Since:
1.0

Method Summary
 StockSymbol getStock(java.lang.String symbol)
          Gets a StockSymbol object for the specified symbol.
 

Method Detail

getStock

public StockSymbol getStock(java.lang.String symbol)
                     throws GetQuoteException
Gets a StockSymbol object for the specified symbol.

Parameters:
symbol - A String
Returns:
null if the symbol is unknown to this agent
Throws:
java.lang.NullPointerException - if the specified symbol is null
GetQuoteException - if the symbol cannot be retrieved