source: trunk/EventBenchCore/src/de/ugoe/cs/eventbench/data/ReplayableEvent.java @ 79

package de.ugoe.cs.eventbench.data;

import java.util.LinkedList;
import java.util.List;

import de.ugoe.cs.eventbench.IReplayDecorator;

/**
 * <p>
 * Subclass of {@link Event} for events that contain all informations required
 * for replaying them, i.e., generating scripts that can used for automated
 * software execution.
 * </p>
 * 
 * @author Steffen Herbold
 * @version 1.0
 * 
 * @param <T>
 *            Allows only types that extend {@link IReplayable} and is used to
 *            define a list of replayables that describe the replay of the
 *            event.
 */
public class ReplayableEvent<T extends IReplayable> extends Event<T> {

        /**
         * <p>
         * List of {@link IReplayable}s of type T that describes the replay of an
         * event. The {@link IReplayable}s can be interpreted as <it>sub-events</it>
         * on the platform level that make up the abstract event.
         * </p>
         */
        private List<T> replayEvents = new LinkedList<T>();;

        /**
         * <p>
         * Defines whether the replay is valid or invalid. It may be invalid, e.g.,
         * due to errors during the generation of the event or lack of vital
         * information.
         * </p>
         */
        private boolean replayValid = true;

        /**
         * <p>
         * {@link IReplayDecorator} used when replays of this type are written.
         * </p>
         */
        private IReplayDecorator decorator = null;

        /**
         * <p>
         * Constructor. Creates a new event with the given type.
         * <p>
         * 
         * @param type
         *            type of the event
         * @see Event#Event(String)
         */
        public ReplayableEvent(String type) {
                super(type);
        }

        /**
         * <p>
         * Adds a new {@link IReplayable} of type T to the replay sequence.
         * </p>
         * 
         * @param replayable
         *            element that is added to the sequence
         */
        public void addReplayEvent(T replayable) {
                replayEvents.add(replayable);
        }

        /**
         * <p>
         * Adds a {@link List}ist of {@link IReplayable} to the replay sequence.
         * </p>
         * 
         * @param generatedReplaySeq
         *            {@link List} that is added to the sequence
         */
        public void addReplaySequence(List<T> generatedReplaySeq) {
                replayEvents.addAll(generatedReplaySeq);
        }

        /**
         * <p>
         * Returns the {@link IReplayDecorator} of the event.
         * </p>
         * 
         * @return {@link IReplayDecorator} of the event; null if no decorator has
         *         been set
         */
        public IReplayDecorator getReplayDecorator() {
                return decorator;
        }

        /**
         * <p>
         * Returns a the list of replay events.
         * </p>
         * <p>
         * The return value is a copy of the list used internally!
         * </p>
         * 
         * @return list of replay events.
         */
        public List<T> getReplayMessages() {
                return new LinkedList<T>(replayEvents);
        }

        /**
         * <p>
         * Returns whether the replay is valid or not.
         * </p>
         * 
         * @return true, if replay is valid; false otherwise.
         */
        public boolean hasValidReplay() {
                return replayValid;
        }

        /**
         * <p>
         * Marks the replay as invalid. Once marked as invalid, it remains so and
         * cannot be changed back to valid.
         * </p>
         */
        public void invalidateReplay() {
                replayValid = false;
        }

        /**
         * <p>
         * Sets the {@link IReplayDecorator} associated with the event.
         * </p>
         * 
         * @param decorator
         *            decorator associated with the event
         */
        public void setDecorator(IReplayDecorator decorator) {
                this.decorator = decorator;
        }

}