Package adams.flow.core

Interface ConnectionHandler

All Superinterfaces:

Actor, AdditionalInformationHandler, CleanUpHandler, Comparable, Destroyable, ErrorHandler, LoggingLevelHandler, LoggingSupporter, OptionHandler, QuickInfoSupporter, Serializable, ShallowCopySupporter<Actor>, Stoppable, StoppableWithFeedback, VariableChangeListener, VariablesInspectionHandler

public interface ConnectionHandler
extends Actor

For actors that handle "sub-actors" that are connected.

Version:

$Revision$

Author:

fracpete (fracpete at waikato dot ac dot nz)

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface adams.flow.core.Actor

FILE_EXTENSION, FILE_EXTENSION_GZ

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
String	checkConnections()	Checks whether all the connections are valid, i.e., the input and output types fit and whether the flow chain is connected properly.

Methods inherited from interface adams.flow.core.Actor

cleanUp, compareTo, destroy, equals, execute, findVariables, getAnnotations, getDefaultName, getDetectedVariables, getErrorHandler, getFlowExecutionListeningSupporter, getFullName, getName, getNextSibling, getParent, getParentComponent, getPreviousSibling, getQuickInfo, getRoot, getScopeHandler, getSilent, getSkip, getStopFlowOnError, getStopMessage, getStorageHandler, getVariables, handleError, hasErrorHandler, hasStopMessage, index, isExecuted, isFinished, isHeadless, isStopped, setAnnotations, setErrorHandler, setName, setParent, setSilent, setSkip, setStopFlowOnError, setUp, setVariables, shallowCopy, shallowCopy, sizeOf, stopExecution, stopExecution, toCommandLine, variableChanged, wrapUp

Methods inherited from interface adams.core.AdditionalInformationHandler

getAdditionalInformation

Methods inherited from interface adams.core.logging.LoggingLevelHandler

getLoggingLevel, setLoggingLevel

Methods inherited from interface adams.core.logging.LoggingSupporter

getLogger, isLoggingEnabled

Methods inherited from interface adams.core.option.OptionHandler

cleanUpOptions, defineOptions, getOptionManager

Methods inherited from interface adams.core.VariablesInspectionHandler

canInspectOptions

Method Detail

checkConnections

String checkConnections()

Checks whether all the connections are valid, i.e., the input and output types fit and whether the flow chain is connected properly.

Returns:

null if everything is fine, otherwise the offending connection