weka.knowledgeflow.steps

Class Block

java.lang.Object

weka.knowledgeflow.steps.BaseStep

weka.knowledgeflow.steps.Block

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, BaseStepExtender, Step

@KFStep(name="Block",
        category="Flow",
        toolTipText="Block until a specific step has finished procesing",
        iconPath="weka/gui/knowledgeflow/icons/DiamondPlain.gif")
public class Block
extends BaseStep

A step that waits for a specified step to finish processing before allowing incoming data to proceed downstream.

Version:

$Revision: $

Author:

Mark Hall (mhall{[at]}pentaho{[dot]}com)

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Block()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	getCustomEditorForStep() Get the fully qualified class name of the custom editor for this step
List<String>	getIncomingConnectionTypes() Get a list of incoming connection types that this step can accept at this time
List<String>	getOutgoingConnectionTypes() Get a list of outgoing connection types that this step can produce at this time
String	getStepToWaitFor() Get the step to wait for
void	processIncoming(Data data) Process incoming data
void	setStepToWaitFor(String stepToWaitFor) Set the step to wait for
void	stepInit() Initialize the step

Methods inherited from class weka.knowledgeflow.steps.BaseStep

environmentSubstitute, getDefaultSettings, getInteractiveViewers, getInteractiveViewersImpls, getName, getStepManager, globalInfo, isResourceIntensive, isStopRequested, outputStructureForConnectionType, setName, setStepIsResourceIntensive, setStepManager, start, stop

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Block

public Block()

Method Detail

setStepToWaitFor

@OptionMetadata(displayName="Wait until this step has completed",
                description="This step will prevent data from passing downstream until the specified step has finished processing")
public void setStepToWaitFor(String stepToWaitFor)

Set the step to wait for

Parameters:

stepToWaitFor - the step to wait for

getStepToWaitFor

public String getStepToWaitFor()

Get the step to wait for

Returns:

the step to wait for

stepInit

public void stepInit()
              throws WekaException

Initialize the step

Throws:

WekaException - if a problem occurs

processIncoming

public void processIncoming(Data data)
                     throws WekaException

Process incoming data

Specified by:

processIncoming in interface BaseStepExtender

Specified by:

processIncoming in interface Step

Overrides:

processIncoming in class BaseStep

Parameters:

data - the data to process

Throws:

WekaException - if a problem occurs

getIncomingConnectionTypes

public List<String> getIncomingConnectionTypes()

Get a list of incoming connection types that this step can accept at this time

Returns:

a list of incoming connection types

getOutgoingConnectionTypes

public List<String> getOutgoingConnectionTypes()

Get a list of outgoing connection types that this step can produce at this time

Returns:

a list of outgoing connection types

getCustomEditorForStep

public String getCustomEditorForStep()

Get the fully qualified class name of the custom editor for this step

Specified by:

getCustomEditorForStep in interface Step

Overrides:

getCustomEditorForStep in class BaseStep

Returns:

the class name of the custom editor