adams.flow.webservice
Interface GlobalTransformerSupport<I,O>

Type Parameters:

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

O - the type of data that the global transformer generates

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractWebServiceClientSinkWithGlobalTransformer, AbstractWebServiceClientSourceWithGlobalTransformer, AbstractWebServiceClientTransformerWithGlobalTransformer, AbstractWebServiceProviderWithGlobalTransformer, CustomersByNameGlobalTransformer

public interface GlobalTransformerSupport<I,O>

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

Version:

$Revision: 5353 $

Author:

fracpete (fracpete at waikato dot ac dot nz)

Method Summary

O	applyTransformer(I data) Applies the transformer to the data.
GlobalActorReference	getTransformer() Returns the global transformer in use.
void	setTransformer(GlobalActorReference value) Sets the global transformer to use.
String	transformerTipText() Returns the tip text for this property.

Method Detail

setTransformer

void setTransformer(GlobalActorReference value)

Sets the global transformer to use.

Parameters:

value - the reference

getTransformer

GlobalActorReference getTransformer()

Returns the global 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