uk.ac.man.cs.rainbow.rapa
Class NamingContext

java.lang.Object
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  +--uk.ac.man.cs.rainbow.rapa.NamingContext

Direct Known Subclasses:

BasicNamingContext

public abstract class NamingContext

extends Object

General mapping engine for going from process call invokations to the definitions of a process. Forms a linked list of contexts.

See Also:

Call

Inner Class Summary

static class

NamingContext.Mapping Callable process definition.

Field Summary

static NamingContext	initial A marker to indicate where the end of the chain of naming contexts is reached.
protected NamingContext	parent

Constructor Summary

NamingContext(NamingContext parent)

Method Summary

protected abstract String	append(StringBuffer sb, String separator) Append each mapping supported by this naming context to the string buffer, preceded by the separator.
abstract NamingContext.Mapping	get(String name, Argument[] parameters) Get the definition for the given named process call.
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

initial

public static final NamingContext initial

A marker to indicate where the end of the chain of naming contexts is reached.

parent

protected final NamingContext parent

Constructor Detail

NamingContext

public NamingContext(NamingContext parent)

Method Detail

get

public abstract NamingContext.Mapping get(String name,
                                          Argument[] parameters)

Get the definition for the given named process call.

Parameters:

name - What the process definition is called.

parameters - The parameters that will be passed to the process (needed for the correct handling of some Green constructs.)

append

protected abstract String append(StringBuffer sb,
                                 String separator)

Append each mapping supported by this naming context to the string buffer, preceded by the separator.

Parameters:

sb - The string buffer to append to.

separator - A newline except at the very start of the printing of a mapping list, when it is an empty string.

Returns:

The separator to use for the parent naming context.

See Also:

BasicNamingContext.append(StringBuffer,String), toString()

toString

public final String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object