de.xima.fc.plugin.interfaces.workflow

Interface IPluginProcessing

All Superinterfaces:

IFCPlugin, INameProviding, ITransferable, Serializable

All Known Subinterfaces:

IPluginCustomGUI

public interface IPluginProcessing
extends IFCPlugin

Interface for plugins of type processing. A processing plugin provides a new workflow action that can be selected in the workflow processing configuration.

A workflow plugin action can be configured in two ways:

• Via a plugin parameter in the plugin menu of FORMCYCLE. These parameters apply to each individual action.
• For each created plugin action, the user can also configure a set of properties that apply only to that action

Implement IPluginConfigParamList to provide the user with a description of the properties that can be configured for each action individual plugin action.

Alternatively, you can also create a custom UI interface for the plugin action. This is useful in case you are creating a complex workflow plugin action that requires a complex configuration. To do so, implement IPluginCustomGUI and provide a managed bean and XHTML page for the UI interface.

Author:

XIMA MEDIA GmbH

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface de.xima.fc.plugin.interfaces.IFCPlugin

CONFIG_FILENAME

Fields inherited from interface de.xima.fc.entities.interfaces.INameProviding

ATTR_NAME

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
IPluginProcessingRetVal	execute(IPluginProcessingParams params) The main method of this plugin.

Methods inherited from interface de.xima.fc.plugin.interfaces.IFCPlugin

getDescription, getName, initialize, initPlugin, install, shutdown, shutdown, uninstall

Method Detail

execute

IPluginProcessingRetVal execute(IPluginProcessingParams params)
                         throws FCPluginException

The main method of this plugin. It is called during workflow processing when this plugin action needs to be executed.

Parameters:

params - The parameters this plugin may make use of. Contains for example the current Aktion that is executed, the plugin action configuration; and the current IWorkflowProcessingContext that lets you access information regarding the current execution of the workflow.

Returns:

Whether the action was successful; as well as the return value in case it was successful or the the error message in case it was unsuccessful.

Throws:

FCPluginException - May be thrown when this plugin cannot perform the workflow action. When you throw this exception, the workflow action is judged to have failed. By default, this stops workflow processing and the form record is marked as erroneous. However, depending on the configuration the user made in the workflow configuration UI interface, the error may also be ignored and workflow processing may continue with another action. Please note that the same result can be achieved by not throwing an error and returning a non-successful return value.