com.beasys.commerce.axiom.advisor
Interface Advislet

All Known Implementing Classes:

ContentSelectorAdvisletImpl, ClassificationAdvisletImpl, ContentQueryAdvisletImpl

public interface Advislet

This is an interface that represents the common interface for all advislets.

Version:

$Revision: 7$, $Date: 1/4/00 3:53:37 PM$

Author:

Steve Willcox

Method Summary

AdviceResults

advise(AdviceRequest adviceRequest) This method makes recommendations based the AdviceRequest passed in.

Method Detail

advise

public AdviceResults advise(AdviceRequest adviceRequest)
                     throws java.lang.IllegalArgumentException,
                            AdvisorException,
                            AdviceRequestValidationException

This method makes recommendations based the AdviceRequest passed in.

Parameters:

adviceRequest - The advice request for which to make a recommendation.

Returns:

AdviceResults The advice results which contain the recommendations based on the type of request made.

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - Thrown if the adviceRequest parameter is null or an unsupported type.

AdvisorException - thrown on an error when processing the request.

AdviceRequestValidationException - thrown on an error when validating the request.