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package org.springframework.webflow.engine;
import org.springframework.binding.expression.Expression;
import org.springframework.core.style.ToStringCreator;
import org.springframework.util.Assert;
import org.springframework.webflow.core.collection.AttributeMap;
import org.springframework.webflow.core.collection.LocalAttributeMap;
import org.springframework.webflow.core.collection.MutableAttributeMap;
import org.springframework.webflow.execution.FlowExecutionException;
/**
* A transitionable state that spawns a subflow when executed. When the subflow this state spawns ends, the ending
* result is used as grounds for a state transition out of this state.
*
* A subflow state may be configured to map input data from its flow -- acting as the parent flow -- down to the subflow
* when the subflow is spawned. In addition, output data produced by the subflow may be mapped up to the parent flow
* when the subflow ends and the parent flow resumes. See the {@link SubflowAttributeMapper} interface definition for
* more information on how to do this. The logic for ending a subflow is located in the {@link EndState} implementation.
*
* @see org.springframework.webflow.engine.SubflowAttributeMapper
* @see org.springframework.webflow.engine.EndState
*
* @author Keith Donald
* @author Erwin Vervaet
*/
public class SubflowState extends TransitionableState {
/**
* The subflow that should be spawned when this subflow state is entered.
*/
private Expression subflow;
/**
* The attribute mapper that should map attributes from the parent flow down to the spawned subflow and visa versa.
*/
private SubflowAttributeMapper subflowAttributeMapper;
/**
* Create a new subflow state.
* @param flow the owning flow
* @param id the state identifier (must be unique to the flow)
* @param subflow the subflow to spawn
* @throws IllegalArgumentException when this state cannot be added to given flow, e.g. because the id is not unique
* @see #setAttributeMapper(SubflowAttributeMapper)
*/
public SubflowState(Flow flow, String id, Expression subflow) throws IllegalArgumentException {
super(flow, id);
setSubflow(subflow);
}
/**
* Set the subflow this state will call.
*/
private void setSubflow(Expression subflow) {
Assert.notNull(subflow, "A subflow state must have a subflow; the subflow is required");
this.subflow = subflow;
}
/**
* Set the attribute mapper used to map model data between the parent and child flow.
*/
public void setAttributeMapper(SubflowAttributeMapper attributeMapper) {
this.subflowAttributeMapper = attributeMapper;
}
/**
* Specialization of State's doEnter template method that executes behaviour specific to this state
* type in polymorphic fashion.
*
* Entering this state, creates the subflow input map and spawns the subflow in the current flow execution.
* @param context the control context for the currently executing flow, used by this state to manipulate the flow
* execution
* @throws FlowExecutionException if an exception occurs in this state
*/
protected void doEnter(RequestControlContext context) throws FlowExecutionException {
MutableAttributeMap