com.ibm.policy.manager
Interface Target

public interface Target

Target represents the object used to abstract a rule engine for the purpose of policy evaluation.

Use the PolicyManager interface to generate a Target consumable by Policy Manager.

Since:

6.0

Method Summary

java.lang.Object	get(java.lang.String key) Retrieve an attribute of the Target, for use in a Rule
java.lang.String	getCacheKey()
java.lang.String	getId() Retrieve a String that uniquely identifies this Target within the WebSphere cell.
RuleContext	getRuleContext() Retrieve the RuleContext for this Target
java.util.Set	keys() Retrieve a list of attributes which rules could access about this Target
void	put(java.lang.String name, java.lang.Object value) Set the value of an attribute in a Target.
void	remove(java.lang.String name) Remove an attribute from a Target
void	setContext(RuleContext ctx) Set the rule context for this Target

Method Detail

get

java.lang.Object get(java.lang.String key)

Retrieve an attribute of the Target, for use in a Rule

Parameters:

key - the name of the attribute

Returns:

an attribute of the Target, for use in a Rule

keys

java.util.Set keys()

Retrieve a list of attributes which rules could access about this Target

Returns:

an Enumeration of all of the attributes which rules could access about this Target

getId

java.lang.String getId()

Retrieve a String that uniquely identifies this Target within the WebSphere cell.

Returns:

a String which is uniquely identifies this Target within the WebSphere cell.

put

void put(java.lang.String name,
         java.lang.Object value)

Set the value of an attribute in a Target. For example, RuleContext

Parameters:

name - the name of the attribute

value - the new value of the attribute

remove

void remove(java.lang.String name)

Remove an attribute from a Target

Parameters:

name - the name of the attribute

setContext

void setContext(RuleContext ctx)

Set the rule context for this Target

Parameters:

ctx - RuleContext used to execute rule

getRuleContext

RuleContext getRuleContext()

Retrieve the RuleContext for this Target

Returns:

RuleContext used to execute rule

getCacheKey

java.lang.String getCacheKey()

Returns:

: Returns concatenated hashCode of values in HashMap of RuleContext