org.licas.autonomic.script

Class AutoReply

java.lang.Object

org.licas.autonomic.script.AutoReply

public class AutoReply
extends java.lang.Object

This class can evaluate a reply object for a true-false response, or success-failure, with regard to using it further in the process.

Author:

Kieran Greer

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
AutoReply(java.lang.Object theReply) Create a new instance of AutoReply.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
protected boolean	evaluate(java.lang.Object filter, org.ai_heuristic.eval.Condition function, ObjectsMap objectsMap) Check the reply based on any filter query or function, which can be a simple description, such as the default set programmed into the licas script.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

AutoReply

public AutoReply(java.lang.Object theReply)

Create a new instance of AutoReply.

Parameters:

theReply - the reply object to evaluate.

Method Detail

evaluate

protected boolean evaluate(java.lang.Object filter,
                           org.ai_heuristic.eval.Condition function,
                           ObjectsMap objectsMap)
                    throws java.lang.Exception

Check the reply based on any filter query or function, which can be a simple description, such as the default set programmed into the licas script. The following checks are made:

1. If filter and function are null, then return true. If either are not null, then try to evaluate that.
2. If filter is an Element, then try a metadata structure match.
3. If filter is Boolean, then try a true/false match, as for the function.
4. If filter is any other Object, try an Object.Equals with the reply. 5. If function can be cast to a Boolean, then:
5.1 If true, a not null reply is true, otherwise it is false.
5.2 If false, a null reply is true, otherwise it is false.
6 Otherwise compare the function condition with the result object for true result.

Parameters:

filter - to filter the method result first, with a matching query or other.

function - a function on the filtered result to satisfy, typically true.

objectsMap - mapping of variable keys to instance value.

Returns:

if true, then reply is not null, if false, then reply is null.

Throws:

java.lang.Exception - any error.