de.espirit.firstspirit.agency
Interface OperationAgent

public interface OperationAgent

Definition of an agent specialized in providing access to application operations. Kind and number of operations available differs with respect to the operating context. If an operation is supported in the current context, a container providing the respective API will be available. Otherwise, no exception will be thrown but null be returned.

Since:

4.2.405

Field Summary

static SpecialistType<OperationAgent>

TYPE The agent's technical type to be used for requesting the agent from a SpecialistsBroker.

Method Summary

<P> P

getOperation(OperationType<P> type) Get a new operation object to parameterize and execute it.

Field Detail

TYPE

static final SpecialistType<OperationAgent> TYPE

The agent's technical type to be used for requesting the agent from a SpecialistsBroker.

Since:

4.2.405

Method Detail

getOperation

@Nullable
<P> P getOperation(OperationType<P> type)

Get a new operation object to parameterize and execute it.

Type Parameters:

P - The programmatic type of process.

Parameters:

type - The (technical) operation's type definition.

Returns:

A new operation instance or null, if unsupported in the current context.

Since:

4.2.405