gate.creole
Interface RunningStrategy

All Known Implementing Classes:

AnalyserRunningStrategy, RunningStrategy.RunAlwaysStrategy

public interface RunningStrategy

Base interface for objects that are used to decide whether a PR member of a ConditionalController needs to be run.

Nested Class Summary

static class

RunningStrategy.RunAlwaysStrategy

Field Summary

static int	RUN_ALWAYS Run mode constant meaning the associated PR should be run regardless of what the shouldRun() method returns.
static int	RUN_CONDITIONAL Run mode constant meaning the associated PR should be run only if the shouldRun() method returns true.
static int	RUN_NEVER Run mode constant meaning the associated PR should NOT be run regardless of what the shouldRun() method returns.

Method Summary

ProcessingResource	getPR() Gets the associated ProcessingResource.
int	getRunMode() Returns the run mode (see RUN_ALWAYS, RUN_NEVER, RUN_CONDITIONAL).
boolean	shouldRun() Returns true if the associated PR should be run.

Field Detail

RUN_ALWAYS

static final int RUN_ALWAYS

Run mode constant meaning the associated PR should be run regardless of what the shouldRun() method returns.

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Constant Field Values

RUN_NEVER

static final int RUN_NEVER

Run mode constant meaning the associated PR should NOT be run regardless of what the shouldRun() method returns.

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Constant Field Values

RUN_CONDITIONAL

static final int RUN_CONDITIONAL

Run mode constant meaning the associated PR should be run only if the shouldRun() method returns true.

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Constant Field Values

Method Detail

shouldRun

boolean shouldRun()

Returns true if the associated PR should be run.

Returns:

a boolean value.

getRunMode

int getRunMode()

Returns the run mode (see RUN_ALWAYS, RUN_NEVER, RUN_CONDITIONAL).

Returns:

and int value.

getPR

ProcessingResource getPR()

Gets the associated ProcessingResource.

Returns:

a ProcessingResource value.