org.drools.compiler.builder

Interface ResourceProcessor<C extends org.kie.api.internal.assembler.ProcessedResource>

Type Parameters:

C - The type of the processed resource.

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractResourceProcessor

public interface ResourceProcessor<C extends org.kie.api.internal.assembler.ProcessedResource>

For a given resource, it implements a mechanism to transform such resource in a ProcessedResource. This is the interface of some "compiler" of sort, that translate a Resource into an "executable" representation of some kind, suitable for execution by some existing runtime. In most cases, implementors are expected to just extend AbstractResourceProcessor

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Collection<? extends org.kie.internal.builder.KnowledgeBuilderError>	getErrors() Returns any error that have been generated while processing the resource.
C	getProcessedResource()
org.kie.api.io.Resource	getResource()
void	process() Perform the processing of the given resource

Method Detail

process

void process()

Perform the processing of the given resource

getResource

org.kie.api.io.Resource getResource()

Returns:

the resource that is processed by this object

getProcessedResource

C getProcessedResource()

Returns:

the processed resource or null if there were errors

Throws:

IllegalStateException - if process() was never called

getErrors

Collection<? extends org.kie.internal.builder.KnowledgeBuilderError> getErrors()

Returns any error that have been generated while processing the resource.

Returns:

empty if no errors occurred and the resource have been successfully processed