gate.creole
Interface ConditionalController

All Superinterfaces:

Controller, Executable, FeatureBearer, NameBearer, Resource, Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

ConditionalSerialAnalyserController, ConditionalSerialController

public interface ConditionalController
extends Controller

A Conditional controller is a controller that keeps a running strategy for each PR contained. The running strategy decides whether a particular PR will be run or not.

Method Summary

Collection	getRunningStrategies() Gets the collection of running strategies for the contained PRs.
void	setRunningStrategies(Collection strategies) Populates this controller with the appropiate running strategies from a collection of running strategies (optional operation).

Methods inherited from interface gate.Controller

execute, getPRs, setPRs

Methods inherited from interface gate.Resource

cleanup, getParameterValue, init, setParameterValue, setParameterValues

Methods inherited from interface gate.util.FeatureBearer

getFeatures, setFeatures

Methods inherited from interface gate.util.NameBearer

getName, setName

Methods inherited from interface gate.Executable

interrupt, isInterrupted

Method Detail

getRunningStrategies

Collection getRunningStrategies()

Gets the collection of running strategies for the contained PRs. The iterator of this collection should return the running strategies in sync with the iterator for the getPRs() method of Controller.

Returns:

a Collection object.

setRunningStrategies

void setRunningStrategies(Collection strategies)

Populates this controller with the appropiate running strategies from a collection of running strategies (optional operation). Controllers that are serializable must implement this method needed by GATE to restore their contents.

Throws:

UnsupportedOperationException - if the setPRs method is not supported by this controller.