Package io.iworkflow.core.communication

Class SignalChannelDef

java.lang.Object

io.iworkflow.core.communication.SignalChannelDef

All Implemented Interfaces:

CommunicationMethodDef

@Immutable
public abstract class SignalChannelDef
extends Object
implements CommunicationMethodDef

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
SignalChannelDef()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static SignalChannelDef	create(Class type, String name)	iWF will verify if the name has been registered for the signal channel created using this method, allowing users to create only one signal channel with the same name and type.
static SignalChannelDef	createByPrefix(Class type, String namePrefix)	iWF now supports dynamically created signal 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 Details

SignalChannelDef

public SignalChannelDef()

Method Details

create

public static SignalChannelDef create(Class type,
 String name)

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

Parameters:

type - required.

name - required. The unique name.

Returns:

a signal channel definition

createByPrefix

public static SignalChannelDef createByPrefix(Class type,
 String namePrefix)

iWF now supports dynamically created signal channels with a shared name prefix and the same type. (E.g., dynamically created signal channels of type String can be named with a common prefix like: signal_channel_prefix_1: "one", signal_channel_prefix_2: "two") iWF will verify if the prefix has been registered for signal channels created using this method, allowing users to create multiple signal channels with the same name prefix and type.

Parameters:

type - required.

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

Returns:

a signal channel definition