Package adams.flow.webservice

Interface CallableTransformerSupport<I,O>

Type Parameters:

I - the type of data that the callable transformer gets as input

O - the type of data that the callable transformer generates

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractWebServiceClientSinkWithCallableTransformer, AbstractWebServiceClientSourceWithCallableTransformer, AbstractWebServiceClientTransformerWithCallableTransformer, AbstractWebServiceProviderWithCallableTransformer, CustomersByNameCallableTransformer

public interface CallableTransformerSupport<I,O>

Interface for webservice clients/servers that use a callable transformer for further processing the data.

Version:

$Revision$

Author:

fracpete (fracpete at waikato dot ac dot nz)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
O	applyTransformer(I data)	Applies the transformer to the data.
adams.flow.core.CallableActorReference	getTransformer()	Returns the callable transformer in use.
void	setTransformer(adams.flow.core.CallableActorReference value)	Sets the callable transformer to use.
String	transformerTipText()	Returns the tip text for this property.

Method Detail

setTransformer

void setTransformer(adams.flow.core.CallableActorReference value)

Sets the callable transformer to use.

Parameters:

value - the reference

getTransformer

adams.flow.core.CallableActorReference getTransformer()

Returns the callable transformer in use.

Returns:

the reference

transformerTipText

String transformerTipText()

Returns the tip text for this property.

Returns:

tip text for this property suitable for displaying in the GUI or for listing the options.

applyTransformer

O applyTransformer(I data)
            throws Exception

Applies the transformer to the data.

Parameters:

data - the data to process

Returns:

the processed data

Throws:

Exception - if it fails for some reason