org.apache.commons.scxml.model
Class Action

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.commons.scxml.model.Action

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, NamespacePrefixesHolder

Direct Known Subclasses:

Assign, Cancel, ElseIf, Event, Exit, If, Log, Send, Var

public abstract class Action
extends Object
implements NamespacePrefixesHolder, Serializable

An abstract base class for executable elements in SCXML, such as <assign>, <log> etc.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Action()
Constructor.

Method Summary

abstract void	execute(EventDispatcher evtDispatcher, ErrorReporter errRep, SCInstance scInstance, org.apache.commons.logging.Log appLog, Collection derivedEvents) Execute this action instance.
Map	getNamespaces() Get the XML namespaces at this action node in the SCXML document.
protected static String	getNamespacesKey() Return the key under which the current document namespaces are saved in the parent state's context.
Executable	getParent() Get the Executable parent.
State	getParentState() Return the parent state.
void	setNamespaces(Map namespaces) Set the XML namespaces at this action node in the SCXML document.
void	setParent(Executable parent) Set the Executable parent.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Action

public Action()

Constructor.

Method Detail

getParent

public final Executable getParent()

Get the Executable parent.

Returns:

Returns the parent.

setParent

public final void setParent(Executable parent)

Set the Executable parent.

Parameters:

parent - The parent to set.

getNamespaces

public final Map getNamespaces()

Get the XML namespaces at this action node in the SCXML document.

Specified by:

getNamespaces in interface NamespacePrefixesHolder

Returns:

Returns the map of namespaces.

setNamespaces

public final void setNamespaces(Map namespaces)

Set the XML namespaces at this action node in the SCXML document.

Specified by:

setNamespaces in interface NamespacePrefixesHolder

Parameters:

namespaces - The document namespaces.

getParentState

public final State getParentState()
                           throws ModelException

Return the parent state.

Returns:

The parent State

Throws:

ModelException - For an unknown TransitionTarget subclass

execute

public abstract void execute(EventDispatcher evtDispatcher,
                             ErrorReporter errRep,
                             SCInstance scInstance,
                             org.apache.commons.logging.Log appLog,
                             Collection derivedEvents)
                      throws ModelException,
                             SCXMLExpressionException

Execute this action instance.

Parameters:

evtDispatcher - The EventDispatcher for this execution instance

errRep - The ErrorReporter to broadcast any errors during execution.

scInstance - The state machine execution instance information.

appLog - The application Log.

derivedEvents - The collection to which any internal events arising from the execution of this action must be added.

Throws:

ModelException - If the execution causes the model to enter a non-deterministic state.

SCXMLExpressionException - If the execution involves trying to evaluate an expression which is malformed.

getNamespacesKey

protected static String getNamespacesKey()

Return the key under which the current document namespaces are saved in the parent state's context.

Returns:

The namespaces key