org.apache.taverna.platform.execution.api

Interface WorkflowCompiler

All Known Implementing Classes:

LocalExecutionService

public interface WorkflowCompiler

A workflow compilation service converts a workflow (in a WorkflowBundle) into a dataflow. Most code should ignore this.

Author:

Donal Fellows

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Dataflow	getDataflow(Workflow workflow) Convert a workflow into a dataflow.
Dataflow	getDataflow(WorkflowBundle bundle) Convert a workflow bundle into a dataflow.

Method Detail

getDataflow

Dataflow getDataflow(Workflow workflow)
              throws InvalidWorkflowException

Convert a workflow into a dataflow. May cache.

Parameters:

workflow - the workflow to convert; must not be null

Returns:

the dataflow, which should not be modified.

Throws:

InvalidWorkflowException - If the compilation fails.

getDataflow

Dataflow getDataflow(WorkflowBundle bundle)
              throws InvalidWorkflowException

Convert a workflow bundle into a dataflow. May cache. Only the the primary workflow is guaranteed to be converted.

Parameters:

bundle - the workflow bundle to convert; must not be null

Returns:

the dataflow, which should not be modified.

Throws:

InvalidWorkflowException - If the compilation fails.