com.iplanet.jato.command
Interface Command

All Known Implementing Classes:
DefaultRequestHandlingCommand, TreeHandleRequestCommand, DefaultTiledRequestHandlingCommand

public interface Command

A generic command interface

Since:
JATO/1.2
Version:
JATO/1.2.2 $Id: Command.java,v 1.7 2002/03/16 03:26:29 todd Exp $
See Also:
CommandEvent, CommandDescriptor

Field Summary
static java.lang.String DEFAULT_OPERATION_NAME
          The standard default operation name.
 
Method Summary
 void execute(CommandEvent event)
          Called to execute the command.
 

Field Detail

DEFAULT_OPERATION_NAME

public static final java.lang.String DEFAULT_OPERATION_NAME
The standard default operation name. When invoked with this operation name, the command object should perform its main operation. The meaningfulness of other operation names is up to the discretion of the Command author.
Method Detail

execute

public void execute(CommandEvent event)
             throws CommandException
Called to execute the command. Classes which implement this interface may chooce to implement this method in any arbitrary fashion. They can choose to take advantage of any, all, or none of the information provided by the CommandEvent parameter.
Parameters:
event - The command event, contains information pertinent to to the invocation of this command
Throws:
CommandException - Thrown if an error occurs executing the command