autohit.call
Class Call_METHOD

java.lang.Object
  autohit.call.Call
      autohit.call.Call_METHOD

public class Call_METHOD

extends Call

METHOD call. Executes a method call into a Module instance.

 REQURIES: logger, core
 IGNORES: uni
 PARAMETERS (INPUT):
 name= module instance name
 method= method name
 

RETURNS: defined by the method, but will always be a String.

Version:

1.0 Version History EPG - Initial - 16Jun03

Author:

Erich P. Gatejen

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class autohit.call.Call

CALL_TEXT_HEADER, log, sc, u, vmc

Constructor Summary

Call_METHOD()

Method Summary

java.lang.String	call() Execute it.
java.lang.String	call(Universe uni) Execute using the passed universe, rather than the loaded.
java.lang.String	do_call(java.lang.String name, java.lang.String method) This is a sub-call that assumes you know the module name and method.
void	load_chain() Implement this to handle load time initialization.
java.lang.String	name() Implement this to return the name of the CALL

Methods inherited from class autohit.call.Call

debug, desired, desiredString, error, format, info, load, optionalString, required, required, requiredPersist, requiredString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Call_METHOD

public Call_METHOD()

Method Detail

load_chain

public void load_chain()
                throws CallException

Implement this to handle load time initialization. The four main fields will already be set--vmc, sc, log, and u. You must implement this, but you don't have to do anything. Remember that calls are cached per VM and reused as often as possible. There will be no thread-safety issues with the VMCore or log, but the SystemContecxt and Universe may be shared.

Specified by:

load_chain in class Call

Throws:

CallException

name

public java.lang.String name()

Implement this to return the name of the CALL

Specified by:

name in class Call

Returns:

name of the CALL

call

public java.lang.String call()
                      throws CallException

Execute it.

Specified by:

call in class Call

Returns:

the result or null if there is no result

Throws:

CallException

do_call

public java.lang.String do_call(java.lang.String name,
                                java.lang.String method)
                         throws CallException

This is a sub-call that assumes you know the module name and method. This is used to cheat with

Parameters:

name - Name of module

method - Name of method

Returns:

the result or null if there is no result

Throws:

CallException

call

public java.lang.String call(Universe uni)
                      throws CallException

Execute using the passed universe, rather than the loaded.

Specified by:

call in class Call

Parameters:

uni - a universe

Returns:

the result or null if there is no result

Throws:

CallException

See Also:

Universe