com.ail.insurance.quotation.generatedocument
Class GenerateDocumentService

java.lang.Object
  com.ail.core.Type
      com.ail.core.Service
          com.ail.insurance.quotation.generatedocument.GenerateDocumentService

All Implemented Interfaces:

ConfigurationOwner, CoreUser, java.io.Serializable, java.lang.Cloneable

public class GenerateDocumentService
extends Service

Service to generate a quotation document. This service deligates to the three document generation phase services: Merge, Style and Render. The actual services used in the generation phases depends on the DocumentDefinition type defined in the product associated with the policy for which a document is being generated. By convention, this type is named "QuotationDocument".

Version:

$Revision$

Author:

$Author$

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class com.ail.core.Type

jXPathContext, NOT_PERSISTED

Constructor Summary

GenerateDocumentService()
Default constructor

Method Summary

CommandArg	getArgs() Getter returning the arguments used by this entry point.
java.lang.String	getConfigurationNamespace() Return the product name from the arguments as the configuration namespace.
Core	getCore() Getter to fetch the entry point's code.
Version	getVersion() Fetch the version of this entry point.
void	invoke() The 'business logic' of the entry point.
void	setArgs(CommandArg args) Setter used to the set the entry points arguments.

Methods inherited from class com.ail.core.Service

getConfiguration, getSecurityPrincipal, getVersionEffectiveDate, resetConfiguration, setConfiguration

Methods inherited from class com.ail.core.Type

addAttribute, clone, deleteLock, deleteSerialVersion, fetchJXPathContext, getAttribute, getAttribute, getAttributeCount, getForeignSystemId, getLock, getSerialVersion, getSystemId, hasLock, hasSerialVersion, hasSystemId, isPersisted, markAsNotPersisted, mergeWithDataFrom, removeAttribute, removeAttribute, setAttribute, setForeignSystemId, setLock, setSerialVersion, setSystemId, xpathGet, xpathGet, xpathIterate, xpathSet

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

GenerateDocumentService

public GenerateDocumentService()

Default constructor

Method Detail

getCore

public Core getCore()

Getter to fetch the entry point's code. This method is demanded by the EntryPoint class.

Specified by:

getCore in class Service

Returns:

This entry point's instance of Core.

getVersion

public Version getVersion()

Fetch the version of this entry point.

Specified by:

getVersion in class Service

Returns:

A version object describing the version of this entry point.

setArgs

public void setArgs(CommandArg args)

Setter used to the set the entry points arguments. This method will be called before invoke() is called.

Specified by:

setArgs in class Service

Parameters:

Arguments - for invoke

getArgs

public CommandArg getArgs()

Getter returning the arguments used by this entry point. This entry point doesn't modify the arguments.

Specified by:

getArgs in class Service

Returns:

An instance of LoggerArgs.

getConfigurationNamespace

public java.lang.String getConfigurationNamespace()

Return the product name from the arguments as the configuration namespace. The has the effect of selecting the product's configuration.

Specified by:

getConfigurationNamespace in interface CoreUser

Overrides:

getConfigurationNamespace in class Service

Returns:

product name

invoke

public void invoke()
            throws BaseException

The 'business logic' of the entry point.

Specified by:

invoke in class Service

Throws:

PreconditionException - If one of the preconditions is not met

SectionNotFoundException - If one of the sections identified in the recoveryMade hashtable does not exist.

BaseException