org.apache.commons.workflow.web
Class PopulateStep

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

All Implemented Interfaces:

Descriptors, Step

public class PopulateStep
extends DescriptorStep

For each associated Descriptor, populate the properties of the bean specified by that descriptor from the request parameters of the current request.

Version:

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

Author:

Craig R. McClanahan

Field Summary

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

descriptors

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

id, nextStep, owner, previousStep

Constructor Summary

PopulateStep()
Construct a default instance of this Step.

PopulateStep(String id)
Construct an instance of this Step with the specified identifier.

PopulateStep(String id, Descriptor descriptor)
Construct an instance of this Step with the specified identifier and associated Descriptor.

Method Summary

void	execute(Context context) Perform the executable actions related to this Step, in the context of the specified Context.
String	toString() Render a string representation of this Step.

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

addDescriptor, findDescriptors, removeDescriptor

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

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

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

PopulateStep

public PopulateStep()

Construct a default instance of this Step.

PopulateStep

public PopulateStep(String id)

Construct an instance of this Step with the specified identifier.

Parameters:

id - Step identifier

PopulateStep

public PopulateStep(String id,
                    Descriptor descriptor)

Construct an instance of this Step with the specified identifier and associated Descriptor.

Parameters:

id - Step identifier

descriptor - Initial descriptor

Method Detail

execute

public void execute(Context context)
             throws StepException

Perform the executable actions related to this Step, in the context of the specified Context.

Specified by:

execute in interface Step

Specified by:

execute in class BaseStep

Parameters:

context - The Context that is tracking our execution state

Throws:

StepException - if a processing error has occurred

toString

public String toString()

Render a string representation of this Step.

Overrides:

toString in class Object