com.bea.p13n.advisor
Interface AdvisletChainElement

All Known Subinterfaces:

AdviceTransform, Advislet

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractAdviceTransform, AbstractAdvislet, CatalogQueryAdvisletImpl, ContentQueryAdvisletImpl, OutputListItemToInputTransform, OutputToInputTransform, ResultsToRulesInputTransform, RulesAdvisletImpl, RulesInputTransform

public interface AdvisletChainElement

This interface is the common interface for all elements that can participate in an advislet chain as defined using the AdvisletRegistry.

Method Summary

Metadata	getMetadata() Returns the metadata for the Advislet.
boolean	initialize(Map attributes, Object parameterDocument) Initializes the Advislet from an XML Document Node, allowing it to read any custom parameters that it requires.

Method Detail

initialize

boolean initialize(Map attributes,
                   Object parameterDocument)
                   throws AdvisorException

Initializes the Advislet from an XML Document Node, allowing it to read any custom parameters that it requires.

Parameters

attributes - the attribute map.

parameterDocument - the parameter document.

Throws

AdvisorException - thrown on an error when processing the request.

getMetadata

Metadata getMetadata()

Returns the metadata for the Advislet.

Returns

the metadata for the Advislet