Class ProcessStage

java.lang.Object
  extended by ProcessStage
All Implemented Interfaces:
EventHandlerIF
Direct Known Subclasses:
ProcessStageConstCPU, ProcessStageExpCPU

public abstract class ProcessStage
extends java.lang.Object
implements EventHandlerIF


Field Summary
protected  ConfigDataIF config
           
private static boolean DEBUG
           
 
Constructor Summary
ProcessStage()
           
 
Method Summary
 void destroy()
          Called when an event handler is destroyed.
 void handleEvent(QueueElementIF item)
          Handle the event corresponding to the given QueueElementIF.
 void handleEvents(QueueElementIF[] items)
          Handle the events corresponding to the given QueueElementIF array.
 void init(ConfigDataIF config)
          Called when an event handler is initialized.
protected abstract  void processMessage(Message msg)
           
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 

Field Detail

DEBUG

private static final boolean DEBUG
See Also:
Constant Field Values

config

protected ConfigDataIF config
Constructor Detail

ProcessStage

public ProcessStage()
Method Detail

init

public void init(ConfigDataIF config)
          throws java.lang.Exception
Description copied from interface: EventHandlerIF
Called when an event handler is initialized. This method should perform any initialization operations as required by the application.

Specified by:
init in interface EventHandlerIF
Parameters:
config - The set of configuration parameters for the stage.
Throws:
java.lang.Exception - The EventHandler can indicate an error to the runtime during initialization by throwing an Exception.

destroy

public void destroy()
Description copied from interface: EventHandlerIF
Called when an event handler is destroyed. This method should perform any cleanup or shutdown operations as required by the application before the event handler is removed from the system.

Specified by:
destroy in interface EventHandlerIF

processMessage

protected abstract void processMessage(Message msg)

handleEvent

public void handleEvent(QueueElementIF item)
Description copied from interface: EventHandlerIF
Handle the event corresponding to the given QueueElementIF. This method is invoked by the system when a single event is pending for the event handler.

Specified by:
handleEvent in interface EventHandlerIF

handleEvents

public void handleEvents(QueueElementIF[] items)
Description copied from interface: EventHandlerIF
Handle the events corresponding to the given QueueElementIF array. This method is invoked when multiple events are pending for the event handler. The application may reorder, filter, or drop these events if it wishes to do so.

Specified by:
handleEvents in interface EventHandlerIF