com.adobe.granite.workflow.rule

Interface RuleEngine

public interface RuleEngine

provides a way to implement custom rule engines in the Workflow engine

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	canEvaluate(java.lang.String rule) Indicates if the rule in question can be evaluated by this rule engine
boolean	evaluate(java.lang.String rule, WorkflowData data, WorkflowSession workflowSession) Evaluate a rule.

Method Detail

evaluate

boolean evaluate(java.lang.String rule,
                 WorkflowData data,
                 WorkflowSession workflowSession)
          throws WorkflowException

Evaluate a rule.

Parameters:

rule - the rule data

data - the associated Workflow data for the rule being evaluated

workflowSession - the workflow session

Returns:

true if the rule evaluated to true, false otherwise

Throws:

WorkflowException - in case there's a failure during evaluation

canEvaluate

boolean canEvaluate(java.lang.String rule)

Indicates if the rule in question can be evaluated by this rule engine

Parameters:

rule - the rule to be evaluated

Returns:

true if this rule engine can handle this rule