de.unikassel.android.sdcframework.util.facade
Interface ChainWorker<T>

Type Parameters:

T - the workers client type

All Known Subinterfaces:

ConnectionStrategy, DatabaseFullStrategy

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractChainWorker, AbstractConnectionStrategy, AbstractDatabaseFullStrategy, DeleteSamplesStrategy, MobileConnectionStrategy, NotificationStrategy, StopServiceStrategy, UseAvailableConnectionStrategy, WaitStrategy, WLANConnectionStrategy

public interface ChainWorker<T>

Interface for processors in a Chain of Responsibility.

A chain worker does know an optional successor and is calling its successor if he is not responsible or unable to do the work for the calling client.

Method Summary

boolean	doWork(T client) The work method called by the client
ChainWorker<T>	getSuccessor() The getter for the successor
void	setSuccessor(ChainWorker<T> successor) The setter for the successor
ChainWorker<T>	withSuccessor(ChainWorker<T> successor) A setter for the successor returning a reference to successor set

Method Detail

doWork

boolean doWork(T client)

The work method called by the client

Parameters:

client - the client to do the work for

Returns:

true if successful, false otherwise

setSuccessor

void setSuccessor(ChainWorker<T> successor)

The setter for the successor

Parameters:

successor - the successor to set

getSuccessor

ChainWorker<T> getSuccessor()

The getter for the successor

Returns:

the successor

withSuccessor

ChainWorker<T> withSuccessor(ChainWorker<T> successor)

A setter for the successor returning a reference to successor set

Parameters:

successor - the successor to set

Returns:

a reference to the successor set