org.camunda.bpm.connect
Interface ConnectorRequest<T extends ConnectorResponse>

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractConnectorRequest

public interface ConnectorRequest<T extends ConnectorResponse>

A connector request. The request opens an interaction with the connector. Because a request represents a single interaction, the request is not threadsafe. Request objects should not be shared between multiple threads.

The parameters of a request can be provided using the generic map of input parameters. See (setRequestParameters(Map)):

  SomeConnectorRequest req = connector.createRequest();
  req.setRequestParameter("endpointUrl", "http://mysystem.loc/foo");
  req.setRequestParameter("payload", "some important payload");
  req.execute();
 

This makes it possible to use the connector in a generic / configurable system like the camunda process engine.

Optionally, a connector may also extend the request interface and provide dedicated (typesafe) methods for configuring a request, preferably in a fluent API fashion:

  conntector.createRequest()
    .endpointUrl("http://mysystem.loc/foo")
    .payload("some important payload")
    .execute();
 

This makes it easy to use the connector in a standalone way.

The request may return a value representing the output of the connector invocation. Requests not returning a value should be of type Void.

Author:

Daniel Meyer

Method Summary

T	execute() Execute the request.
<V> V	getRequestParameter(String name) Returns the value of a request parameter
Map<String,Object>	getRequestParameters() Returns the map of request parameters
void	setRequestParameter(String name, Object value) Provides a named input parameters to the request.
void	setRequestParameters(Map<String,Object> params) Provides the named input parameters of the request.

Method Detail

setRequestParameters

void setRequestParameters(Map<String,Object> params)

Provides the named input parameters of the request.

Parameters:

the - named input parameters of the request.

setRequestParameter

void setRequestParameter(String name,
                         Object value)

Provides a named input parameters to the request.

Parameters:

name - the name of the parameter

value - the value of the parameter

getRequestParameters

Map<String,Object> getRequestParameters()

Returns the map of request parameters

Returns:

the map of request parameters

getRequestParameter

<V> V getRequestParameter(String name)

Returns the value of a request parameter

Parameters:

the - name of the request parameter

Returns:

the value of the request parameter of 'null' if the parameter is not set.

execute

T execute()

Execute the request. Once a request is configured with all input parameters, it can be executed.

Returns:

the return value of the request.