org.specrunner.core.pipes

Class PipeAnnotator

java.lang.Object

org.specrunner.core.pipes.PipeAnnotator

All Implemented Interfaces:

IPipe

public class PipeAnnotator
extends Object
implements IPipe

Pipe to bind an annotator to the channel.

Author:

Thiago Santos.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static String	ANNOTATOR Object name into the channel.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
PipeAnnotator()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static IChannel	bind(IChannel channel, IAnnotator obj) Bind the object to the channel.
boolean	check(IChannel channel) Check if a pipe must perform something on channel.
protected IAnnotator	createAnnotator() Creates an annotator instance.
static IAnnotator	lookup(IChannel channel) Look for the object into the channel.
IChannel	process(IChannel channel) Perform some transformation over the channel.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

ANNOTATOR

public static final String ANNOTATOR

Object name into the channel.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

PipeAnnotator

public PipeAnnotator()

Method Detail

check

public boolean check(IChannel channel)
              throws AbortException

Description copied from interface: IPipe

Check if a pipe must perform something on channel. If the channel is corrupted the pipe must throw AbortException.

Specified by:

check in interface IPipe

Parameters:

channel - The information channel.

Returns:

true, if pipe must perform something on channel, false, otherwise.

Throws:

AbortException - If the channel is corrupted.

process

public IChannel process(IChannel channel)
                 throws PipelineException

Description copied from interface: IPipe

Perform some transformation over the channel.

Specified by:

process in interface IPipe

Parameters:

channel - The channel.

Returns:

The pipe itself.

Throws:

PipelineException - On processing errors.

createAnnotator

protected IAnnotator createAnnotator()
                              throws AnnotatorException

Creates an annotator instance.

Returns:

A annotator.

Throws:

AnnotatorException - On creation error.

bind

public static IChannel bind(IChannel channel,
            IAnnotator obj)

Bind the object to the channel.

Parameters:

channel - The channel.

obj - The object.

Returns:

The channel itself.

lookup

public static IAnnotator lookup(IChannel channel)
                         throws NotFoundException,
                                InvalidTypeException

Look for the object into the channel.

Parameters:

channel - The channel.

Returns:

The object.

Throws:

NotFoundException - When object with the given name.

InvalidTypeException - When expected type do not match.