Interface Worker<CTX,E extends Exception>

Type Parameters:
CTX - The context type to use, can by any Component, service or POJO.
E - The exception type of the Worker's erroneous termination.
Functional Interface:
This is a functional interface and can therefore be used as the assignment target for a lambda expression or method reference.
@FunctionalInterface public interface Worker<CTX,E extends Exception>
A Worker represents an (atomic) operation applied to a context and (in contrast to a Command) not returning any result, all of which encapsulated in an object (as of object oriented programming). A Worker is created by a client (e.g. the business logic) and passed to something like a command-bus or command-processor for execution.

  • Method Summary

    Modifier and Type
    Method
    Description
    void
    execute(CTX aContext)
    The invoker executes a Worker by providing it a context (being a service, a Component or a POJO).

  • Method Details

    • execute

      void execute(CTX aContext) throws E
      The invoker executes a Worker by providing it a context (being a service, a Component or a POJO). The method works synchronously and waits (blocks the caller's thread) till it is finished.
      Parameters:
      aContext - The target object (being a service, a Component or a POJO) which is used by the Worker to perform its (atomic) operation.
      Throws:
      E - the e