Package io.iworkflow.core.communication

Class InternalChannelDef

java.lang.Object

io.iworkflow.core.communication.InternalChannelDef

All Implemented Interfaces:

CommunicationMethodDef

@Immutable
public abstract class InternalChannelDef
extends java.lang.Object
implements CommunicationMethodDef

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
InternalChannelDef()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static InternalChannelDef	create(java.lang.Class type, java.lang.String name)	iWF will verify if the name has been registered for the internal channel created using this method, allowing users to create only one internal channel with the same name and type.
static InternalChannelDef	createByPrefix(java.lang.Class type, java.lang.String namePrefix)	iWF now supports dynamically created internal channels with a shared name prefix and the same type.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface io.iworkflow.core.communication.CommunicationMethodDef

getName, getValueType, isPrefix

Constructor Detail

InternalChannelDef

public InternalChannelDef()

Method Detail

create

public static InternalChannelDef create(java.lang.Class type,
                                        java.lang.String name)

iWF will verify if the name has been registered for the internal channel created using this method, allowing users to create only one internal channel with the same name and type.

Parameters:

type - required.

name - required. The unique name.

Returns:

an internal channel definition

createByPrefix

public static InternalChannelDef createByPrefix(java.lang.Class type,
                                                java.lang.String namePrefix)

iWF now supports dynamically created internal channels with a shared name prefix and the same type. (E.g., dynamically created internal channels of type String can be named with a common prefix like: internal_channel_prefix_1: "one", internal_channel_prefix_2: "two") iWF will verify if the prefix has been registered for internal channels created using this method, allowing users to create multiple internal channels with the same name prefix and type.

Parameters:

type - required.

namePrefix - required. The common name prefix of a set of internal channels to be created later.

Returns:

an internal channel definition