com.bea.p13n.rules.advislets
Class RulesInputTransform

java.lang.Object
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        +--com.bea.p13n.rules.advislets.RulesInputTransform

public class RulesInputTransform

extends AbstractAdviceTransform

An AdviceTransform that converts AdviceRequest parameters into the input objects for the Rules Advislet.

The following parameters are put in a collection and associated with the RULES_INPUT_OBJECTS key:

• The current HTTP Request
• The current HTTP Session
• The current User
• The current TimeInstant
• The current Time
• The current Date

Constructor Summary

RulesInputTransform(Advisor advisor, Metadata metadata)
Construct an instance of this object and bind it to its Advisor and Metadata instances.

Method Summary

void	transform(Advice input, AdviceRequest output) Maps the 'well-knows' input objects into the RULES_INPUT_OBJECTS List to be passed into the rule engine.

Methods inherited from class com.bea.p13n.advisor.AbstractAdviceTransform

getMetadata, initialize, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

RulesInputTransform

public RulesInputTransform(Advisor advisor,
                           Metadata metadata)

Construct an instance of this object and bind it to its Advisor and Metadata instances.

Parameters:

advisor - the Advisor for this object.

metadata - the Metadata for this object.

Method Detail

transform

public void transform(Advice input,
                      AdviceRequest output)
               throws AdvisorException

Maps the 'well-knows' input objects into the RULES_INPUT_OBJECTS List to be passed into the rule engine.

Parameters:

input - the the Advice instance containing the input objects

output - the AdviceRequest to be passed to the RulesAdvislet.

Overrides:

transform in class AbstractAdviceTransform