/**
* Create a new auction with the specified informations
*
* @param itemName Long name of the item
* @param minValue minimum value of the item required
* @param endTime End of the auction for the specified item
* @param owner AuctionClient associated to this bid used for callback
* @return the bid Identifier
* @throws RemoteException on RMI error
*/
public int createAuction(String itemName, double minValue, Date endTime, IAuctionClient owner)
throws RemoteException {
int auctionId = auctions.getUniqueId();
AuctionItem item = new AuctionItem(auctionId, itemName, minValue, endTime, owner);
// make sure that nothing happens to the item before it has been
// added to the auction collection and to the cleaner
synchronized (item) {
auctions.add(auctionId, item);
cleaner.add(item);
}
logger.info("Creating auction %d", auctionId);
return auctionId;
}
