net.sourceforge.anotherfsm

Interface Preprocessor

All Superinterfaces:

Processor

All Known Implementing Classes:

EqualsPreprocessor, TypePreprocessor

public interface Preprocessor
extends Processor

Preprocessor of the events. Note, if a preprocessor is registered to a processor, the processor is responsible for its starting and stopping.

Author:

Michal Turek

See Also:

Processor.start(), Processor.close()

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Interface and Description
static interface	Preprocessor.Processor<T extends Event> The real preprocessor of typed events.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Event	process(Event event) Process or preprocess the event.

Methods inherited from interface net.sourceforge.anotherfsm.Processor

close, getName, start

Method Detail

process

Event process(Event event)
              throws FsmException

Process or preprocess the event.

Specified by:

process in interface Processor

Parameters:

event - the input event, a newly generated event or NullEvent to ignore the event

Returns:

the processed event

Throws:

FsmException - if something fails

See Also:

NullEvent