com.bea.campaign.action
Class ActionDef

java.lang.Object
  com.bea.campaign.action.ActionDef

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

AddAdToPlaceholderActionDef, AddUserDiscountActionDef, EndScenarioActionDef, MailActionDef

public class ActionDef

extends Object

implements Serializable

Definition of an Action object. This can be used to create an Action through the ActionServer so that the Action implementation classes will be reloaded by hot-deploying them along with the ActionServer EJB.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

ActionDef()

Method Summary

Action	createAction() Create and return the Action implementation defined in the actionType field; initialized with the parameters in actionParams.
Map	getActionParams() Get the parameters for the Action.
protected ActionService	getActionService() Get the nearest java:comp/env/ejb/ActionService.
String	getActionType() Get the type of Action to create.
void	setActionParams(Map map) Set the parameters for the Action.
void	setActionType(String s) Set the type of Action to create.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ActionDef

public ActionDef()

Method Detail

createAction

public Action createAction()
                    throws ActionException

Create and return the Action implementation defined in the actionType field; initialized with the parameters in actionParams.

This will attempt to use the nearest ejb-ref mapped to java:comp/env/ejb/ActionService.

Returns:

the created Action implementation

Throws:

ActionException

getActionParams

public Map getActionParams()

Get the parameters for the Action. This is simply a map of name/value pairs; it is up to the developer to know what values must be passed to the particular Action implementation.

getActionService

protected ActionService getActionService()
                                  throws CreateException,
                                         RemoteException

Get the nearest java:comp/env/ejb/ActionService.

Throws:

CreateException

RemoteException

getActionType

public String getActionType()

Get the type of Action to create. This will be passed to the ActionServer, which will map the type to a class, and instantiate that class.

setActionParams

public void setActionParams(Map map)

Set the parameters for the Action. This is simply a map of name/value pairs; it is up to the developer to know what values must be passed to the particular Action implementation.

setActionType

public void setActionType(String s)

Set the type of Action to create. This will be passed to the ActionServer, which will map the type to a class, and instantiate that class.