org.pentaho.platform.api.engine
Interface ISequenceDefinition

All Known Subinterfaces:

IActionSequence

All Known Implementing Classes:

ActionSequence, SequenceDefinition

public interface ISequenceDefinition

The SequenceDefinition represents the definition of several consecutive action definitions that comprise an ActionSequence object, which is the runtime equivalent of an action sequence document.

A SequenceDefinition can contain one to many ActionDefinitions that, when executed by their constituent Components, flow automatically from one ActionDefinition to the next.

Field Summary

static int	ACTION_SEQUENCE_DEFINITION_INVALID_ACTION_DOC return code indicating an action document that does validate against the action document schema
static int	ACTION_SEQUENCE_DEFINITION_INVALID_XML return code indicating a problem with the action sequences's XML
static int	ACTION_SEQUENCE_DEFINITION_OK return code indicating a valid SequenceDefinition
static String	RESULT_TYPE_NONE result-type value indicating the action should be not be displayed to users during navigation
static String	RESULT_TYPE_PROCESS result-type value indicating the action should be be displayed as a process to users during navigation
static String	RESULT_TYPE_REPORT result-type value indicating the action should be be displayed as a report to users during navigation
static String	RESULT_TYPE_RULE result-type value indicating the action should be be displayed as a business rule to users during navigation

Method Summary

String	getAuthor() Returns the author of the SequenceDefinition, if defined, or null otherwise.
String	getDescription() Returns the description of this SequenceDefinition, if defined, or null otherwise.
String	getHelp() Returns the URL to the Help page for this definition.
String	getIcon() Returns the path to the icon for this SequenceDefinition.
Map	getInputDefinitions() Returns a Map of the input parameters that are defined to this SequenceDefinition.
Map	getInputDefinitionsForParameterProvider(String parameterProviderName) Returns a Map of the input parameters that are defined to this SequenceDefinition for a specific parameter provider.
int	getLoggingLevel() Get the logging level for this SequenceDefinition.
Map	getOutputDefinitions() Returns a Map of the output parameters that are defined to this SequenceDefinition.
Map	getResourceDefinitions() Returns the sequence's resource definitions as a Map.
String	getResultType() Returns the type of the overall result of executing the action sequence document that this SequenceDefinition came from.
String	getSequenceName() Returns the document name of the action sequence document that this SequenceDefinition came from.
String	getSolutionName() Returns the solution name, which is the name at the root level of the solution path.
String	getSolutionPath() Returns the path relative to the solution name that will lead to this definition
String	getTitle() Returns the title of this SequenceDefinition, if defined, or null otherwise.

Field Detail

ACTION_SEQUENCE_DEFINITION_OK

static final int ACTION_SEQUENCE_DEFINITION_OK

return code indicating a valid SequenceDefinition

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ACTION_SEQUENCE_DEFINITION_INVALID_XML

static final int ACTION_SEQUENCE_DEFINITION_INVALID_XML

return code indicating a problem with the action sequences's XML

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ACTION_SEQUENCE_DEFINITION_INVALID_ACTION_DOC

static final int ACTION_SEQUENCE_DEFINITION_INVALID_ACTION_DOC

return code indicating an action document that does validate against the action document schema

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RESULT_TYPE_NONE

static final String RESULT_TYPE_NONE

result-type value indicating the action should be not be displayed to users during navigation

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RESULT_TYPE_REPORT

static final String RESULT_TYPE_REPORT

result-type value indicating the action should be be displayed as a report to users during navigation

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RESULT_TYPE_RULE

static final String RESULT_TYPE_RULE

result-type value indicating the action should be be displayed as a business rule to users during navigation

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RESULT_TYPE_PROCESS

static final String RESULT_TYPE_PROCESS

result-type value indicating the action should be be displayed as a process to users during navigation

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Method Detail

getInputDefinitions

Map getInputDefinitions()

Returns a Map of the input parameters that are defined to this SequenceDefinition. These inputs are part of the contract between this sequence definition and the platform subsystems, ie., the runtime context.

Returns:

Map of input parameters. Parameters take the name-value form.

getInputDefinitionsForParameterProvider

Map getInputDefinitionsForParameterProvider(String parameterProviderName)

Returns a Map of the input parameters that are defined to this SequenceDefinition for a specific parameter provider. For example the input named "REGION" may come from a request parameter named "regn" Calling this method passing in "request" for the parameterproviderName will return a map that includes an entry with the key "regn" mapped to the "REGION" IActionParameter.

Parameters:

parameterProviderName - The name of the parameter provider e.g. "request", "session", "global"...

Returns:

Map of input parameters. Parameters take the name-value form.

getOutputDefinitions

Map getOutputDefinitions()

Returns a Map of the output parameters that are defined to this SequenceDefinition. These outputs are part of the contract between this sequence definition and the platform subsystems, ie., the runtime context.

Returns:

Map of output parameters. Parameters take the name-value form.

getResourceDefinitions

Map getResourceDefinitions()

Returns the sequence's resource definitions as a Map. Resources are elements that exist outside of the action sequence document, such as images, icons, additional definition documents, etc.

Returns:

Map of resource parameters. Parameters take the name-value form.

getSequenceName

String getSequenceName()

Returns the document name of the action sequence document that this SequenceDefinition came from.

Returns:

the action sequence document name

getResultType

String getResultType()

Returns the type of the overall result of executing the action sequence document that this SequenceDefinition came from. For example if the sequence results in the generation of a report the result type for the sequence should be RESULT_TYPE_REPORT. This property is used to select icons to show next to the sequence name when users navigate the available actions. Tif this returns RESULT_TYPE_NONE, empty string or null, the action sequence will not be visible to users as they navigate

Returns:

the action sequence result type

getAuthor

String getAuthor()

Returns the author of the SequenceDefinition, if defined, or null otherwise.

Returns:

this definition's author, or null if not defined.

getDescription

String getDescription()

Returns the description of this SequenceDefinition, if defined, or null otherwise.

Returns:

this definition's description, or null if not defined.

getHelp

String getHelp()

Returns the URL to the Help page for this definition.

Returns:

the definition's Help URL

getTitle

String getTitle()

Returns the title of this SequenceDefinition, if defined, or null otherwise.

Returns:

this definition's title, or null if not defined.

getSolutionName

String getSolutionName()

Returns the solution name, which is the name at the root level of the solution path.

Returns:

the name of the root level of this definition's solution

getSolutionPath

String getSolutionPath()

Returns the path relative to the solution name that will lead to this definition

Returns:

the solution path to this definition

getLoggingLevel

int getLoggingLevel()

Get the logging level for this SequenceDefinition. The logging level may be set independently or may be inherited from a parent object's logging level.

Returns:

this SequenceDefinition's logging level

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ILogger

getIcon

String getIcon()

Returns the path to the icon for this SequenceDefinition. The path can be relative or absolute In the pre-configured install these paths are URLs of the form /style/icons/iconname.png This path is used by the navigation XSL to generate the navigation user interface. If this property is not set a generic icon is used.

Returns:

the url to the icon