org.apache.commons.chain.generic
Class DispatchCommand

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.commons.chain.generic.DispatchCommand

All Implemented Interfaces:

Command

public abstract class DispatchCommand
extends Object
implements Command

An abstract base command which uses introspection to look up a method to execute. For use by developers who prefer to group related functionality into a single class rather than an inheritance family.

Since:

Chain 1.1

Field Summary

protected static Class[]

DEFAULT_SIGNATURE The base implementation expects dispatch methods to take a Context as their only argument.

Fields inherited from interface org.apache.commons.chain.Command

CONTINUE_PROCESSING, PROCESSING_COMPLETE

Constructor Summary

DispatchCommand()

Method Summary

protected boolean	evaluateResult(Object o) Evaluate the result of the method invocation as a boolean value.
boolean	execute(Context context) Look up the method specified by either "method" or "methodKey" and invoke it, returning a boolean value as interpreted by evaluateResult.
protected Method	extractMethod(Context context) Extract the dispatch method.
protected Object[]	getArguments(Context context) Get the arguments to be passed into the dispatch method.
String	getMethod() Return the method name.
String	getMethodKey() Return the Context key for the method name.
protected Class[]	getSignature() Return a Class[] describing the expected signature of the method.
void	setMethod(String method) Set the method name.
void	setMethodKey(String methodKey) Set the Context key for the method name.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

DEFAULT_SIGNATURE

protected static final Class[] DEFAULT_SIGNATURE

The base implementation expects dispatch methods to take a Context as their only argument.

Constructor Detail

DispatchCommand

public DispatchCommand()

Method Detail

execute

public boolean execute(Context context)
                throws Exception

Look up the method specified by either "method" or "methodKey" and invoke it, returning a boolean value as interpreted by evaluateResult.

Specified by:

execute in interface Command

Parameters:

context - The Context to be processed by this Command.

Returns:

the result of method being dispatched to.

Throws:

IllegalStateException - if neither 'method' nor 'methodKey' properties are defined

Exception - if any is thrown by the invocation. Note that if invoking the method results in an InvocationTargetException, the cause of that exception is thrown instead of the exception itself, unless the cause is an Error or other Throwable which is not an Exception.

extractMethod

protected Method extractMethod(Context context)
                        throws NoSuchMethodException

Extract the dispatch method. The base implementation uses the command's method property as the name of a method to look up, or, if that is not defined, looks up the the method name in the Context using the methodKey.

Parameters:

context - The Context being processed by this Command.

Returns:

The method to execute

Throws:

NoSuchMethodException - if no method can be found under the specified name.

NullPointerException - if no methodName cannot be determined

evaluateResult

protected boolean evaluateResult(Object o)

Evaluate the result of the method invocation as a boolean value. Base implementation expects that the invoked method returns boolean true/false, but subclasses might implement other interpretations.

Parameters:

o - The result of the methid execution

Returns:

The evaluated result/

getSignature

protected Class[] getSignature()

Return a Class[] describing the expected signature of the method.

Returns:

The method signature.

getArguments

protected Object[] getArguments(Context context)

Get the arguments to be passed into the dispatch method. Default implementation simply returns the context which was passed in, but subclasses could use this to wrap the context in some other type, or extract key values from the context to pass in. The length and types of values returned by this must coordinate with the return value of getSignature()

Parameters:

context - The Context being processed by this Command.

Returns:

The method arguments.

getMethod

public String getMethod()

Return the method name.

Returns:

The method name.

getMethodKey

public String getMethodKey()

Return the Context key for the method name.

Returns:

The Context key for the method name.

setMethod

public void setMethod(String method)

Set the method name.

Parameters:

method - The method name.

setMethodKey

public void setMethodKey(String methodKey)

Set the Context key for the method name.

Parameters:

methodKey - The Context key for the method name.