Package de.aristaflow.adept2.model.processmodel

Interface DecisionActivity

All Superinterfaces:

AbstractActivity, Activity, BuildtimeActivity, ExecutableBusinessProcess, LocalisedString, PluginDataContainer, UserAttributeContainer

public interface DecisionActivity
extends Activity

Represents an activity which is used for decisions in the process model.

A decision activity has only one special output parameter of type INTEGER (getDecisionParameter()). The return value of the parameter is the decision ID. This ID can be mapped in the process model to branch IDs - e.g. of outgoing edges of an XOR split.

Since the decision IDs need to be mapped to branch IDs, and the integrity of the mapping and the consistency to the actual branches needs to be checked, all possible decision IDs need to be known in advance. More precisely, all possible return values of getDecisionParameter() are returned by getDecisionIDs().

Note: for the runtime manager, the decision activity will be wrapped. The runtime manager handles the decision activity as a normal activity, and may expect the decision parameter to be returned within ExecutableBusinessProcess.getParameters(de.aristaflow.adept2.model.globals.ActivityConstants.AccessType).

Author:

Kevin Goeser

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
long[]	getDecisionID(long edgeCode)	Returns the decision ID for the given edge code.
long[]	getDecisionIDs()	Returns all possible decision IDs, i.e. all possible return values of the parameter.
String	getDecisionLabel(long decisionID)	Returns the label which is associated with the given decision ID.
ProcessModelParameter	getDecisionParameter()	Returns the decision parameter.
DecisionStatement	getDecisionStatement(long decisionID)	Returns the statement that is associated with the given decision ID.
Map<Long,DecisionStatement>	getDecisionStatements()	Gets all decision statements of this decision activity instance indexed by the corresponding decision ID.
long	getEdgeCode(long decisionID)	Returns the edge code for the given decision ID.

Methods inherited from interface de.aristaflow.adept2.model.common.AbstractActivity

getActivityName, getAttributeOrigins, getClassLoaderUsage, getClassPath, getConfigurationName, getDescription, getExecutableComponentName, getExecutionControlProperties, getGUIContextID, getIconID, getID, getImplementationClass, getOperationName, getParameter, getParameters, getSeparatedClassPaths, getSystemComponent, supportsViewOnly

Methods inherited from interface de.aristaflow.adept2.model.processmodel.Activity

getConfiguration, getTestConfiguration

Methods inherited from interface de.aristaflow.adept2.model.common.BuildtimeActivity

getParameterChangePolicy, supportsTestExecution

Methods inherited from interface de.aristaflow.adept2.model.processmodel.ExecutableBusinessProcess

getExecutionControlProperties, getParameter, getParameters, getType

Methods inherited from interface de.aristaflow.adept2.model.common.i18n.LocalisedString

toLocalisedString

Methods inherited from interface de.aristaflow.adept2.model.common.PluginDataContainer

getPluginData, getPluginDatas, getSupportedPlugins

Methods inherited from interface de.aristaflow.adept2.model.common.UserAttributeContainer

getUserAttributes, getUserAttributeValue, removeUserAttributeValue, setUserAttributeValue

Method Detail

getDecisionParameter

ProcessModelParameter getDecisionParameter()

Returns the decision parameter. The parameter must be of type INTEGER (ProcessConstants.AdeptDataType.INTEGER).

All possible values of the parameter are known and can be retrieved via getDecisionIDs().

Returns:

The description of the decision parameter.

getDecisionLabel

String getDecisionLabel(long decisionID)

Returns the label which is associated with the given decision ID. The decision label is not localised. If you need the localised label use getDecisionStatements().

Parameters:

decisionID - The decision ID.

Returns:

The (non-localised) label for the given decision ID.

getDecisionStatement

DecisionStatement getDecisionStatement(long decisionID)

Returns the statement that is associated with the given decision ID. If you want it localised, wrap it appropriately.

Parameters:

decisionID - The decision ID

Returns:

The decision statement for the given decision ID.

getDecisionIDs

long[] getDecisionIDs()

Returns all possible decision IDs, i.e. all possible return values of the parameter.

Returns:

The decision IDs.

getDecisionStatements

Map<Long,DecisionStatement> getDecisionStatements()

Gets all decision statements of this decision activity instance indexed by the corresponding decision ID. The returned decision statement instances may be subject of localisation, the caller needs to wrap them appropriately for this.

Returns:

A map of all decision statements of this decision activity instance indexed by the corresponding decision ID.

getDecisionID

long[] getDecisionID(long edgeCode)

Returns the decision ID for the given edge code.

Parameters:

edgeCode - The edge code for which the decision ID is needed.

Returns:

The decision ID for the given edge code

getEdgeCode

long getEdgeCode(long decisionID)

Returns the edge code for the given decision ID.

Parameters:

decisionID - The decision ID for which the edge code is needed.

Returns:

The edge code for the given decision ID