wt.ixb.actor
Interface Actor

All Known Implementing Classes:
ActorTemplate

public interface Actor

This interface represents various actions on export and import. The actions can be explicitly specified from client or from server registry.

Supported API: true

Extendable: true


Method Summary
 void checkApplicabilityOfAction(Object obj)
          Check if this action is applicable to the specified object.
 Object createObject(ClassExporterImporter handler, IxbElement fileXML, Importer importer)
          Create an object instance.
 Object importObjectAttributes(ClassExporterImporter handler, Object object, IxbElement fileXML, Importer importer)
          

Supported API: false
 Object importObjectAttributesAfterStore(ClassExporterImporter handler, Object object, IxbElement fileXML, Importer importer)
          

Supported API: false
 void performPostExportAction(ClassExporterImporter handler, Exporter exporter, Object object, IxbElement fileXML)
          Perform any action for the object after the real export ends.
 void performPreExportAction(ClassExporterImporter handler, Exporter exporter, Object object)
          Perform any actions for the object before the real export begins.
 void previewObject(ClassExporterImporter handler, IxbElement fileXML, Importer importer)
          Preview the import, including conflicts checking, without performing the real import.
 Object storeObject(ClassExporterImporter handler, Object object, IxbElement fileXML, Importer importer)
          Persists the specified object as created by createObject(ClassExporterImporter handler, IxbElement fileXML, Importer importer)

Supported API: true
 

Method Detail

performPreExportAction

public void performPreExportAction(ClassExporterImporter handler,
                                   Exporter exporter,
                                   Object object)
                            throws WTException
Perform any actions for the object before the real export begins. Usually this method does nothing.

Supported API: true

Parameters:
handler - The export class handler.
exporter - The Exporter instance that represents the context of the export operation.
object - The object to be exported.
Throws:
WTException

performPostExportAction

public void performPostExportAction(ClassExporterImporter handler,
                                    Exporter exporter,
                                    Object object,
                                    IxbElement fileXML)
                             throws WTException
Perform any action for the object after the real export ends. Usually all common export actions are executed here.

Supported API: true

Parameters:
handler - The export class handler.
exporter - The Exporter instance that represents the context of the export operation.
object - The object to be exported.
fileXML - The exported information of the object.
Throws:
WTException

previewObject

public void previewObject(ClassExporterImporter handler,
                          IxbElement fileXML,
                          Importer importer)
                   throws WTException
Preview the import, including conflicts checking, without performing the real import.

Supported API: true

Parameters:
handler - The import class handler for the corresponding XML file.
fileXML - the XML element to be imported.
importer - The Importer instance that represents the context of the import operation.
Throws:
WTException

createObject

public Object createObject(ClassExporterImporter handler,
                           IxbElement fileXML,
                           Importer importer)
                    throws WTException
Create an object instance. Usually the instance will not be persisted within this method context.

Supported API: true

Parameters:
handler - The import class handler for the corresponding XML file.
fileXML - the XML element to be imported.
importer - The Importer instance that represents the context of the import operation.
Returns:
Object
Throws:
WTException
See Also:
method storeObject( ClassExporterImporter handler, Object object, IxbElement fileXML, Importer importer )

importObjectAttributes

public Object importObjectAttributes(ClassExporterImporter handler,
                                     Object object,
                                     IxbElement fileXML,
                                     Importer importer)
                              throws WTException


Supported API: false

Parameters:
handler -
object -
fileXML -
importer -
Returns:
Object
Throws:
WTException

importObjectAttributesAfterStore

public Object importObjectAttributesAfterStore(ClassExporterImporter handler,
                                               Object object,
                                               IxbElement fileXML,
                                               Importer importer)
                                        throws WTException


Supported API: false

Parameters:
handler -
object -
fileXML -
importer -
Returns:
Object
Throws:
WTException

storeObject

public Object storeObject(ClassExporterImporter handler,
                          Object object,
                          IxbElement fileXML,
                          Importer importer)
                   throws WTException
Persists the specified object as created by createObject(ClassExporterImporter handler, IxbElement fileXML, Importer importer)

Supported API: true

Parameters:
handler - The import class handler for the corresponding XML file.
object - The object to be persisted.
fileXML - the XML element to be imported.
importer - The Importer instance that represents the context of the import operation.
Returns:
Object
Throws:
WTException

checkApplicabilityOfAction

public void checkApplicabilityOfAction(Object obj)
                                throws WTException
Check if this action is applicable to the specified object. If not, throw wt.util.WTException

Supported API: true

Parameters:
obj -
Throws:
WTException