net.fortytwo.flow
Class Switch<T>

java.lang.Object
  net.fortytwo.flow.Switch<T>

Type Parameters:

T - the type of data being passed

All Implemented Interfaces:

Sink<T>

public class Switch<T>
extends Object
implements Sink<T>

A modal pipeline which passes data alternately to one of two downstream sinks

Author:

Joshua Shinavier (http://fortytwo.net)

Constructor Summary

Switch(Sink<T> left, Sink<T> right)
Constructs a new switch over the given sinks

Method Summary

void	flip() Toggles between the two downstream sinks.
void	put(T t) Receives the next data item and passes it to the appropriate downstream sink.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Switch

public Switch(Sink<T> left,
              Sink<T> right)

Constructs a new switch over the given sinks

Parameters:

left - one of two downstream sinks

right - the other of two downstream sinks

Method Detail

put

public void put(T t)
         throws RippleException

Receives the next data item and passes it to the appropriate downstream sink.

Specified by:

put in interface Sink<T>

Parameters:

t - the data item being passed

Throws:

RippleException - if a data handling error occurs

flip

public void flip()

Toggles between the two downstream sinks. When this method is called, one sink becomes inactive (idle) while the other becomes active (ready to receive data).