org.kuali.rice.krms.api.engine
Interface TermResolutionEngine

All Known Implementing Classes:

TermResolutionEngineImpl

public interface TermResolutionEngine

Interface for the engine that is used to resolve Terms.

Author:

Kuali Rice Team (rice.collab@kuali.org)

Method Summary

void	addTermResolver(TermResolver<?> termResolver) Adds a TermResolver to the TermResolutionEngine.
void	addTermValue(Term term, Object value) Adds a fact value to the TermResolutionEngine's internal state
<T> T	resolveTerm(Term term) Resolves a given term into a fact

Method Detail

resolveTerm

<T> T resolveTerm(Term term)
              throws TermResolutionException

Resolves a given term into a fact

Parameters:

term - the Term to resolve

Returns:

the fact value for the given Term

Throws:

{@link - TermResolutionException} if the given Term can't be resolved

TermResolutionException

addTermValue

void addTermValue(Term term,
                  Object value)

Adds a fact value to the TermResolutionEngine's internal state

Parameters:

term - the named Term

value - the fact value

addTermResolver

void addTermResolver(TermResolver<?> termResolver)

Adds a TermResolver to the TermResolutionEngine. Once added, it may be used (unsurprisingly) by the engine to resolve Terms.

Parameters:

termResolver - the TermResolver to add.