kieker.analysis.plugin.filter
Class AbstractFilterPlugin

java.lang.Object
  kieker.analysis.plugin.AbstractPlugin
      kieker.analysis.plugin.filter.AbstractFilterPlugin

All Implemented Interfaces:

IFilterPlugin, IPlugin

Direct Known Subclasses:

AbstractTimestampFilter, AbstractTraceAnalysisFilter, AbstractTraceIdFilter, CountingFilter, CurrentTimeEventGenerationFilter, RealtimeReplayDistributor, RealtimeReplayWorker, TeeFilter, TimestampFilter, TraceIdFilter, TypeFilter

public abstract class AbstractFilterPlugin
extends AbstractPlugin
implements IFilterPlugin

This class should be used as a base for every analysis plugin used within Kieker. For reader plugins, the class AbstractReaderPlugin should be used instead.

Author:

Nils Christian Ehmke

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface kieker.analysis.plugin.IPlugin

IPlugin.PluginInputPortReference

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class kieker.analysis.plugin.AbstractPlugin

CONFIG_NAME

Constructor Summary

AbstractFilterPlugin(Configuration configuration)
The constructor for the plugin.

Method Summary

boolean	init() Initiates the start of a component.
void	terminate(boolean error) Initiates a termination of the component.

Methods inherited from class kieker.analysis.plugin.AbstractPlugin

areAllRepositoryPortsConnected, connect, connect, getAllInputPortNames, getAllOutputPortNames, getConnectedPlugins, getCurrentRepositories, getName, getPluginDescription, getPluginName, isConnectionAllowed

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface kieker.analysis.plugin.IPlugin

getCurrentConfiguration

Constructor Detail

AbstractFilterPlugin

public AbstractFilterPlugin(Configuration configuration)

The constructor for the plugin. Every plugin must have this constructor.

Parameters:

configuration - The configuration to use for this plugin.

Method Detail

init

public boolean init()

Description copied from interface: IFilterPlugin

Initiates the start of a component. This method is called once when a AnalysisController's run() method is called. This implementation must not be blocking! Asynchronous consumers would spawn (an) asynchronous thread(s) in this method.

Specified by:

init in interface IFilterPlugin

Returns:

true on success; false otherwise.

terminate

public void terminate(boolean error)

Description copied from interface: IFilterPlugin

Initiates a termination of the component. The value of the parameter error indicates whether an error occurred.

Specified by:

terminate in interface IFilterPlugin

Parameters:

error - true iff an error occurred.