org.apache.commons.workflow.base
Class DescriptorStep

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.commons.workflow.base.BaseStep
      org.apache.commons.workflow.base.DescriptorStep

All Implemented Interfaces:

Descriptors, Step

Direct Known Subclasses:

BaseBlock, ConstructStep, DisplayStep, GetStep, GotoStep, InvokeStep, PopulateStep, PutStep, RemoveStep

public abstract class DescriptorStep
extends BaseStep
implements Descriptors

DescriptorStep is a convenient base class for more sophisticated Step implementations that already support the APIs provided by BaseStep, and also implement the Descriptors interafce.

Version:

$Revision: 155475 $ $Date: 2005-02-26 13:31:11 +0000 (Sat, 26 Feb 2005) $

Author:

Craig R. McClanahan

Field Summary

protected ArrayList

descriptors The list of Descriptor objects associated with this Step.

Fields inherited from class org.apache.commons.workflow.base.BaseStep

id, nextStep, owner, previousStep

Constructor Summary

DescriptorStep()

Method Summary

void	addDescriptor(Descriptor descriptor) Add a new Descriptor to the set associated with this object.
Descriptor[]	findDescriptors() Return the set of Descriptor objects associated with this object, in the order that they were originally added.
void	removeDescriptor(Descriptor descriptor) Remove an existing Descriptor from the set associated with this object.

Methods inherited from class org.apache.commons.workflow.base.BaseStep

execute, getId, getNextStep, getOwner, getPreviousStep, setId, setNextStep, setOwner, setPreviousStep

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

descriptors

protected ArrayList descriptors

The list of Descriptor objects associated with this Step.

Constructor Detail

DescriptorStep

public DescriptorStep()

Method Detail

addDescriptor

public void addDescriptor(Descriptor descriptor)

Add a new Descriptor to the set associated with this object.

Specified by:

addDescriptor in interface Descriptors

Parameters:

descriptor - The Descriptor to be added

findDescriptors

public Descriptor[] findDescriptors()

Return the set of Descriptor objects associated with this object, in the order that they were originally added.

Specified by:

findDescriptors in interface Descriptors

removeDescriptor

public void removeDescriptor(Descriptor descriptor)

Remove an existing Descriptor from the set associated with this object.

Specified by:

removeDescriptor in interface Descriptors

Parameters:

descriptor - The Descriptor to be removed