com.jaxfront.core.rule
Class AbstractAction

java.lang.Object
  com.jaxfront.core.rule.AbstractAction

All Implemented Interfaces:

IAction, java.io.Serializable, java.lang.Cloneable

Direct Known Subclasses:

JavaAction, ModelAction, UIAction

public abstract class AbstractAction
extends java.lang.Object
implements java.lang.Cloneable, java.io.Serializable, IAction

Defines an abstract action. Every action implements a perform method on different target types/visualizers. An action gets fired after an E-C-A rules has been validated true.

See Also:

Rule, Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface com.jaxfront.core.rule.IAction

TYPE_ABSTRACT, TYPE_FORMULA, TYPE_JAVA, TYPE_MODEL, TYPE_UI

Constructor Summary

AbstractAction(Document DOM, Type sourceType, Type xuiType, java.lang.String xpath, java.lang.String className)
Creates an action based on a document, a source type and an xpath.

Method Summary

abstract void	check(Document dom, Type target)
static Action	checkAction(java.lang.ClassLoader classloader, java.lang.String className)
java.lang.Object	clone(Type newSource)
boolean	fireChange()
int	getActionType()
Document	getDOM()
FormulaExpression	getExpression()
AbstractAction	getInverseAction() Returns the definde inverse action.
Type	getSource()
java.util.List	getTargetTypes() Returns the target types of this action.
java.lang.String	getTargetXPath()
Action	getUserAction() Returns the user defined action.
boolean	isEmpty()
boolean	isInversable() Indicates if an action is able to invoke inverse.
boolean	isUsingUserAction()
void	perform(Type eventSource) Performs any kind of action command.
void	perform(Type eventSource, boolean isTemporary) Performs an action on all target types.
void	perform(Type eventSource, boolean isTemporary, java.util.Stack callStack)
void	performInverse(Type eventSource, java.util.Stack callStack)
void	release()
void	setFireChange(boolean fireChange)
void	setInverseAction(AbstractAction action) Sets an inverse action.
void	setSource(Type sourceType)
void	setTargetXPath(java.lang.String xpath)
void	setUseActionTargetAsBase(boolean use)
java.lang.String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

AbstractAction

public AbstractAction(Document DOM,
                      Type sourceType,
                      Type xuiType,
                      java.lang.String xpath,
                      java.lang.String className)

Creates an action based on a document, a source type and an xpath.

Parameters:

DOM - JAXFront document

sourceType - the source type of this action

xpath - the target xpath

Method Detail

check

public abstract void check(Document dom,
                           Type target)
                    throws RuleInvocationException

Throws:

RuleInvocationException

checkAction

public static Action checkAction(java.lang.ClassLoader classloader,
                                 java.lang.String className)
                          throws java.lang.ClassNotFoundException,
                                 java.lang.InstantiationException,
                                 java.lang.IllegalAccessException

Throws:

java.lang.ClassNotFoundException

java.lang.InstantiationException

java.lang.IllegalAccessException

clone

public java.lang.Object clone(Type newSource)

fireChange

public boolean fireChange()

getActionType

public int getActionType()

Specified by:

getActionType in interface IAction

Returns:

the action type 0 = Abstract Action, 1 = ModelAction, 2 = Formula Action ,3 = UI Action, 4 = Java Action ;

getDOM

public Document getDOM()

getExpression

public FormulaExpression getExpression()

Specified by:

getExpression in interface IAction

Returns:

formula expression if exist, null otherwise. Needed to evaluate referenced nodes

getInverseAction

public AbstractAction getInverseAction()

Description copied from interface: IAction

Returns the definde inverse action.

Specified by:

getInverseAction in interface IAction

getSource

public Type getSource()

Specified by:

getSource in interface IAction

getTargetTypes

public java.util.List getTargetTypes()

Returns the target types of this action.

getTargetXPath

public java.lang.String getTargetXPath()

getUserAction

public Action getUserAction()

Returns the user defined action.

Returns:

the user defined action

isEmpty

public boolean isEmpty()

isInversable

public boolean isInversable()

Indicates if an action is able to invoke inverse.

isUsingUserAction

public boolean isUsingUserAction()

perform

public void perform(Type eventSource)
             throws RuleInvocationException

Description copied from interface: IAction

Performs any kind of action command.

Specified by:

perform in interface IAction

Throws:

RuleInvocationException

perform

public void perform(Type eventSource,
                    boolean isTemporary)
             throws RuleInvocationException

Description copied from interface: IAction

Performs an action on all target types.

Specified by:

perform in interface IAction

isTemporary - saying if this action is not completed yet

Throws:

RuleInvocationException

perform

public void perform(Type eventSource,
                    boolean isTemporary,
                    java.util.Stack callStack)
             throws RuleInvocationException

Specified by:

perform in interface IAction

Throws:

RuleInvocationException

performInverse

public void performInverse(Type eventSource,
                           java.util.Stack callStack)
                    throws RuleInvocationException

Specified by:

performInverse in interface IAction

Throws:

RuleInvocationException

release

public void release()

Specified by:

release in interface IAction

setFireChange

public void setFireChange(boolean fireChange)

setInverseAction

public void setInverseAction(AbstractAction action)

Sets an inverse action.

Parameters:

action - inverse action

setSource

public void setSource(Type sourceType)

Specified by:

setSource in interface IAction

setTargetXPath

public void setTargetXPath(java.lang.String xpath)

setUseActionTargetAsBase

public void setUseActionTargetAsBase(boolean use)

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object