org.springframework.webflow.execution
Interface FlowExecution

All Superinterfaces:

FlowExecutionContext

All Known Implementing Classes:

FlowExecutionImpl

public interface FlowExecution
extends FlowExecutionContext

An execution of a flow definition. This is the central interface for manipulating a instance of a flow definition.

Author:

Keith Donald, Erwin Vervaet

Method Summary

void	resume(ExternalContext context) Resume this flow execution.
void	start(MutableAttributeMap<?> input, ExternalContext context) Start this flow execution.

Methods inherited from interface org.springframework.webflow.execution.FlowExecutionContext

getActiveSession, getAttributes, getConversationScope, getDefinition, getFlashScope, getKey, getOutcome, hasEnded, hasStarted, isActive

Method Detail

start

void start(MutableAttributeMap<?> input,
           ExternalContext context)
           throws FlowExecutionException

Start this flow execution. This method should only be called once.

When this method returns, execution status is either "paused" or "ended". If ended, the flow execution cannot be used again. If "paused", the flow execution may be resumed.

Parameters:

input - flow execution input

context - the external context representing the calling environment

Throws:

FlowExecutionException - if an exception was thrown within a state of the flow execution during request processing

resume

void resume(ExternalContext context)
            throws FlowExecutionException

Resume this flow execution. May be called when the flow execution is paused. When this method returns, execution status is either "paused" or "ended". If ended, the flow execution cannot be used again. If "paused", the flow execution may be resumed again.

Parameters:

context - the external context, representing the calling environment, where something happened this flow execution should respond to

Throws:

FlowExecutionException - if an exception was thrown within a state of the resumed flow execution during event processing