Package adams.flow.control

Class Cast

  • All Implemented Interfaces:
    AdditionalInformationHandler, CleanUpHandler, Destroyable, GlobalInfoSupporter, LoggingLevelHandler, LoggingSupporter, OptionHandler, QuickInfoSupporter, ShallowCopySupporter<Actor>, SizeOfHandler, Stoppable, StoppableWithFeedback, VariablesInspectionHandler, VariableChangeListener, Actor, ControlActor, ErrorHandler, InputConsumer, OutputProducer, Serializable, Comparable
    public class Cast
extends AbstractTransformer
implements ControlActor
    Casts the incoming data to the specified classname. For arrays, use '[]' at the end (can be used multiple times).
    By using adams.flow.core.Unknown (default) you should be able to avoid specifying the actual classname

    Input/output:
    - accepts:
       adams.flow.core.Unknown
    - generates:
       adams.flow.core.Unknown


    -logging-level <OFF|SEVERE|WARNING|INFO|CONFIG|FINE|FINER|FINEST> (property: loggingLevel)
    The logging level for outputting errors and debugging output.
    default: WARNING
 
    -name <java.lang.String> (property: name)
    The name of the actor.
    default: Cast
 
    -annotation <adams.core.base.BaseAnnotation> (property: annotations)
    The annotations to attach to this actor.
    default: 
 
    -skip <boolean> (property: skip)
    If set to true, transformation is skipped and the input token is just forwarded 
    as it is.
    default: false
 
    -stop-flow-on-error <boolean> (property: stopFlowOnError)
    If set to true, the flow gets stopped in case this actor encounters an error;
     useful for critical actors.
    default: false
 
    -silent <boolean> (property: silent)
    If enabled, then no errors are output in the console.
    default: false
 
    -classname <adams.core.base.BaseClassname> (property: classname)
    The classname to cast the incoming data to.
    default: adams.flow.core.Unknown
    Version:
    $Revision$
    Author:
    fracpete (fracpete at waikato dot ac dot nz)
    See Also:
    Serialized Form

    • Field Detail

      • m_Classname

        protected BaseClassname m_Classname
        the Class to cast to.

      • m_ActualClass

        protected Class m_ActualClass
        the actual class to cast to.

    • Constructor Detail

      • Cast

        public Cast()

    • Method Detail

      • reset

        protected void reset()
        Resets the actor.
        Overrides:
        reset in class AbstractActor

      • setClassname

        public void setClassname​(BaseClassname value)
        Sets the classname.
        Parameters:
        value - the classname

      • getClassname

        public BaseClassname getClassname()
        Returns the classname.
        Returns:
        the classname

      • classnameTipText

        public String classnameTipText()
        Returns the tip text for this property.
        Returns:
        tip text for this property suitable for displaying in the GUI or for listing the options.

      • accepts

        public Class[] accepts()
        Returns the class that the consumer accepts.
        Specified by:
        accepts in interface InputConsumer
        Returns:
        adams.flow.core.Unknown.class

      • generates

        public Class[] generates()
        Returns the class of objects that it generates.
        Specified by:
        generates in interface OutputProducer
        Returns:
        adams.flow.core.Unknown.class

      • doExecute

        protected String doExecute()
        Executes the flow item.
        Specified by:
        doExecute in class AbstractActor
        Returns:
        null if everything is fine, otherwise error message