com.bankframe.fe.statemachine.base.apploaders
Interface IApplicationManager

All Known Implementing Classes:

ApplicationManager

public interface IApplicationManager

Method Summary

IApplication	getApplication(String name) Returns an IApplication implementor for the named application.
IApplication	getDefaultApplication() Returns an IApplication implementor for a default (unnamed) application.
boolean	refreshApplication(String name) This method reloads the named application from whatever persistence is used by the application manager.
void	setProperties(Properties properties) Sets a Properties within this application manager.

Method Detail

getDefaultApplication

IApplication getDefaultApplication()
                                   throws StateMachineException

Returns an IApplication implementor for a default (unnamed) application. This method allows the statemachine to avoid the necessity of receiving an application name with every event if only one application is going to be deployed.

Returns:

the default application.

Throws:

StateMachineException - if the application cannot be loaded.

getApplication

IApplication getApplication(String name)
                            throws StateMachineException

Returns an IApplication implementor for the named application.

Parameters:

name - the name of the application required.

Returns:

the application with the given name

Throws:

StateMachineException - if the application cannot be loaded.

setProperties

void setProperties(Properties properties)

Sets a Properties within this application manager. This is typically used to contain the name of the default application.

Parameters:

properties - The ApplicationManagers properties.

refreshApplication

boolean refreshApplication(String name)
                           throws StateMachineException

This method reloads the named application from whatever persistence is used by the application manager.
This method should return true if the application has been reloaded, or false if the application manager does not support this operation. It can throw a StateMachineException to indicate an unexpected failure.

Parameters:

name - the name of the application to be reloaded.

Returns:

true if the application was refreshed, flase otherwise.

Throws:

StateMachineException