context.arch.service
Class DisplayChoiceService

java.lang.Object
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public class DisplayChoiceService

extends Service

implements java.awt.event.ActionListener

This class implements the display choices service. It accepts a list of choices, a question to display and a title to display, displays them in a frame to the user and collects the user's choice.

See Also:

Service, ActionListener

Field Summary

static java.lang.String	CHOICE Tag for a CHOICE
static java.lang.String	DISPLAY Tag for the DISPLAY function
static java.lang.String	DISPLAY_CHOICES Tag for the DISPLAY_CHOICES service
static java.lang.String	QUESTION Tag for QUESTION to be asked
static java.lang.String	TITLE Tag for TITLE of the frame

Fields inherited from class context.arch.service.Service

ASYNCHRONOUS, comm, EXECUTED, EXECUTING, FAILED, pending, SERVICE_REQUEST, SERVICE_REQUEST_REPLY, SERVICE_RESULT, SERVICE_RESULT_REPLY, STATUS, SYNCHRONOUS

Constructor Summary

DisplayChoiceService(CommunicationsHandler comm)
Basic constructor that creates the service object.

Method Summary

void	actionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) This method is called when the user interacts with the frame that displays choices.
DataObject	execute(ServiceInput serviceInput) This method is called when a remote component requests that this service be executed.

Methods inherited from class context.arch.service.Service

getFunctionDescriptions, getName, getServiceDescription, sendServiceResult, setFunctionDescriptions, setName, toDataObject

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

DISPLAY_CHOICES

public static final java.lang.String DISPLAY_CHOICES

Tag for the DISPLAY_CHOICES service

DISPLAY

public static final java.lang.String DISPLAY

Tag for the DISPLAY function

TITLE

public static final java.lang.String TITLE

Tag for TITLE of the frame

QUESTION

public static final java.lang.String QUESTION

Tag for QUESTION to be asked

CHOICE

public static final java.lang.String CHOICE

Tag for a CHOICE

Constructor Detail

DisplayChoiceService

public DisplayChoiceService(CommunicationsHandler comm)

Basic constructor that creates the service object. It defines the DISPLAY_CHOICES service and the DISPLAY function.

See Also:

Service.setFunctionDescriptions(FunctionDescriptions)

Method Detail

execute

public DataObject execute(ServiceInput serviceInput)

This method is called when a remote component requests that this service be executed. The input the service name, function name, frame title, question to ask the user, and list of potential choices. It creates a frame and displays it to the user and adds the input request to the pending queue. It returns the status of the service request.

Overrides:

execute in class Service

Parameters:

serviceInput - Object containing the necessary information to execute the service

Returns:

DataObject that indicates the status of the request

actionPerformed

public void actionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt)

This method is called when the user interacts with the frame that displays choices. It gets the user choice, determines which pending request the result is for, removes the request from the pending queue returns the results to the requester, and removes the frame.

Specified by:

actionPerformed in interface java.awt.event.ActionListener

Parameters:

evt - ActionEvent from a user interacting with the frame

See Also:

Service.sendServiceResult(ServiceInput,AttributeNameValues)