com.beasys.commerce.axiom.reasoning.rules.jrules
Interface JRulesLanguageElement

All Known Implementing Classes:

JRulesArgumentsElement, JRulesBinaryOpElement, JRulesCastElement, JRulesMethodElement, JRulesNaryOpElement, JRulesNewElement, JRulesRuleElement, JRulesRulesetElement, JRulesSimpleConditionElement, JRulesThenElement, JRulesUnaryOpElement, JRulesWhenElement, JRulesVariableElement, JRulesAssertElement, JRulesConstantElement

public interface JRulesLanguageElement

Specifies common behavior for a JRules language element

Method Summary

void	addChildElement(JRulesLanguageElement childElement) Adds a child element
void	end() Ends the element
java.lang.Object	getBoundObject(java.lang.String objectName) Gets a bound object
java.lang.String	getName() Gets the element name
boolean	getRootElement() Gets root element property
void	release() Releases any resources or object references held by the language element
void	start(org.xml.sax.AttributeList attributeList, JRulesLanguageElement parentElement) Starts the element

Method Detail

addChildElement

public void addChildElement(JRulesLanguageElement childElement)
                     throws java.lang.IllegalArgumentException,
                            ServiceProviderException

Adds a child element

Parameters:

childElement - The child element to be added

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - Thrown if childElement is null

ServiceProviderException - Thrown if childElement cannot be added

end

public void end()
         throws ServiceProviderException

Ends the element

Throws:

ServiceProviderException - Thrown if unable to end

getBoundObject

public java.lang.Object getBoundObject(java.lang.String objectName)

Gets a bound object

Parameters:

objectName - The name of the object to get, or null if object is anonymous

Returns:

The bound object, or null if no bound object exists, or null if no bound object exists for objectName

getName

public java.lang.String getName()

Gets the element name

Returns:

The element name

getRootElement

public boolean getRootElement()

Gets root element property

Returns:

True if root element, false otherwise

release

public void release()

Releases any resources or object references held by the language element

start

public void start(org.xml.sax.AttributeList attributeList,
                  JRulesLanguageElement parentElement)
           throws java.lang.IllegalArgumentException,
                  ServiceProviderException

Starts the element

Parameters:

attributeList - The list of attributes for the element

parentElement - The parent element

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - Thrown if attribute list is null, and possibly if parentElement is null, depending upon the actual element.

ServiceProviderException - Thrown if unable to start