org.echarts
Class MachineConstructor

java.lang.Object
  org.echarts.MachineConstructor

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

BasicMachineConstructor

public abstract class MachineConstructor
extends java.lang.Object
implements java.io.Serializable

An instance of this class is created for every submachine defined in a machine. For and-, or-, and dynamic machines, a MachineConstructor object is provided as State constructor parameter.

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Serialized Form

Field Summary

static long

serialVersionUID

Constructor Summary

MachineConstructor()

Method Summary

abstract Machine	newInstance(Machine parentMachine, int machineIndex, MachineCode machineCode) Returns a machine instance.
static Machine	newInstance(java.lang.String machineClassName, java.lang.Object[] machineArgs) Helper method to return new machine instance using reflection.
static Machine	newInstance(java.lang.String machineClassName, java.lang.Object[] machineArgs, Machine parentMachine, int machineIndex, MachineCode machineCode) Called by method above and by machine 'state' methods to create 'reflect' machine instances.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

serialVersionUID

public static final long serialVersionUID

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

MachineConstructor

public MachineConstructor()

Method Detail

newInstance

public static final Machine newInstance(java.lang.String machineClassName,
                                        java.lang.Object[] machineArgs)
                                 throws java.lang.Exception

Helper method to return new machine instance using reflection. Useful for creating root machine.

Throws:

java.lang.Exception

newInstance

public static final Machine newInstance(java.lang.String machineClassName,
                                        java.lang.Object[] machineArgs,
                                        Machine parentMachine,
                                        int machineIndex,
                                        MachineCode machineCode)
                                 throws java.lang.Exception

Called by method above and by machine 'state' methods to create 'reflect' machine instances.

Throws:

java.lang.Exception

newInstance

public abstract Machine newInstance(Machine parentMachine,
                                    int machineIndex,
                                    MachineCode machineCode)
                             throws java.lang.Exception

Returns a machine instance. Overridden by subclass defined by host language translator. Called by Machine.createSubmachine().

Throws:

java.lang.Exception