com.bea.rfid.edge.toolkit.workflow
Class MultiTypeOneWayPortType

java.lang.Object
  com.bea.rfid.edge.toolkit.workflow.MultiTypeOneWayPortType

All Implemented Interfaces:

PortType

public class MultiTypeOneWayPortType
extends Object
implements PortType

Represents the type of a one-way Port that accepts/sends multiple types of input.

Constructor Summary

MultiTypeOneWayPortType(PortType[] portTypes, String displayName)
Constructor.

MultiTypeOneWayPortType(Set portTypes, String displayName)
Constructor.

Method Summary

boolean	canAcceptMessage(Object msg) Determines if the port type will accept the given message.
String	getDisplayName() Returns the display name for this port type.
String	getStringRepresentation() Returns a string representation that uniquely identifies equivalent port types.
Set	getSupportedPortTypes() Returns the PortTypes supported by this port.
boolean	isWirableFrom(PortType fromType) Determines whether it is valid to connect the given PortType to this.
void	setDisplayName(String displayName)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

MultiTypeOneWayPortType

public MultiTypeOneWayPortType(PortType[] portTypes,
                               String displayName)

Constructor.

Parameters:

portTypes - All the PortTypes that are supported by this.

displayName - The display name for the port type.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - If null or empty set of port types is passed in.

MultiTypeOneWayPortType

public MultiTypeOneWayPortType(Set portTypes,
                               String displayName)

Constructor.

Parameters:

portTypes - All the PortTypes that are supported by this.

displayName - The display name for the port type.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - If null or empty set of port types is passed in.

Method Detail

getSupportedPortTypes

public Set getSupportedPortTypes()

Returns the PortTypes supported by this port.

Returns:

The set of PortTypes supported by this.

isWirableFrom

public boolean isWirableFrom(PortType fromType)

Description copied from interface: PortType

Determines whether it is valid to connect the given PortType to this. Returns true if it is a valid connection; False otherwise.

Specified by:

isWirableFrom in interface PortType

Parameters:

fromType - The PortType from which this is to be connected.

Returns:

Returns true if it is valid to connect the given PortType to this; False otherwise.

setDisplayName

public void setDisplayName(String displayName)

getDisplayName

public String getDisplayName()

Description copied from interface: PortType

Returns the display name for this port type. This value may be used in GUIs and such to give visual cue to users of the modules.

Specified by:

getDisplayName in interface PortType

Returns:

Display name of the port type.

getStringRepresentation

public String getStringRepresentation()

Description copied from interface: PortType

Returns a string representation that uniquely identifies equivalent port types. This is a temporary mechanism used to represent a port type in dynamic set parameters in dynamic configuration.

Specified by:

getStringRepresentation in interface PortType

canAcceptMessage

public boolean canAcceptMessage(Object msg)

Description copied from interface: PortType

Determines if the port type will accept the given message. This method may be used by the edge flow engine for error checking before sending messages to a port.

Specified by:

canAcceptMessage in interface PortType

Parameters:

msg - The message that is to be sent.

Returns:

Returns true if the port type will accept the message. False otherwise.