org.jcreme.processing
Class ProducerMultiplexer

java.lang.Object
  org.jcreme.processing.DefaultConsumer
      org.jcreme.processing.ProducerMultiplexer

All Implemented Interfaces:

Consumer

public class ProducerMultiplexer

extends DefaultConsumer

This class enables to multiply the output of a single producer so that it can be used in different production lines.

Author:

$Author: dbregeon $

Constructor Summary

ProducerMultiplexer(Producer provider)
Creates a new instance of ProducerMultiplexer

Method Summary

java.lang.Object	consumeItem() Consumes a new item.
java.lang.Object	consumeItem(MultiplexedProducer producer) This method enables to consume the data associated to one of the Producers that are multiplexed.
MultiplexedProducer	getMultiplexedProducer() Provides a new MultiplexedProducer.
void	removeMultiplexedProducer(MultiplexedProducer producer) Unregisters a MultiplexedProducer from the Multiplexer.
boolean	validateItem(java.lang.Object theItem) Tells the parent producer that this consumer has finished with this object.

Methods inherited from class org.jcreme.processing.DefaultConsumer

getProvider, setProvider

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ProducerMultiplexer

public ProducerMultiplexer(Producer provider)

Creates a new instance of ProducerMultiplexer

Parameters:

provider - the Producer that provides values.

Method Detail

consumeItem

public java.lang.Object consumeItem()

Consumes a new item.

Specified by:

consumeItem in interface Consumer

Overrides:

consumeItem in class DefaultConsumer

Returns:

The object produced by the consumption of a new item.

See Also:

Consumer.consumeItem()

consumeItem

public java.lang.Object consumeItem(MultiplexedProducer producer)

This method enables to consume the data associated to one of the Producers that are multiplexed.

Parameters:

producer - the producer to feed.

Returns:

the item to feed to producer.

validateItem

public boolean validateItem(java.lang.Object theItem)

Description copied from class: DefaultConsumer

Tells the parent producer that this consumer has finished with this object.

Specified by:

validateItem in interface Consumer

Overrides:

validateItem in class DefaultConsumer

Parameters:

theItem - an item that was previously retrieved through the consumeItem method.

Returns:

true is item was successfully validated.

See Also:

Consumer.validateItem(Object)

getMultiplexedProducer

public MultiplexedProducer getMultiplexedProducer()

Provides a new MultiplexedProducer.

Returns:

a new empty MutliplexedProducer.

removeMultiplexedProducer

public void removeMultiplexedProducer(MultiplexedProducer producer)

Unregisters a MultiplexedProducer from the Multiplexer.

Parameters:

producer - the producer to remove.