ProcessorInstruction.java

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package org.teiid.query.processor.xml;

import org.teiid.client.plan.PlanNode;
import org.teiid.common.buffer.BlockedException;
import org.teiid.core.TeiidComponentException;
import org.teiid.core.TeiidProcessingException;


/**
 * <p>Abstract superclass of all XML Processor Instructions.</p>
 */
public abstract class ProcessorInstruction {

    public ProcessorInstruction() {
    } 
   
    /**
     * Allow this ProcessorInstruction to do whatever processing it needs, and to
     * in turn manipulate the running program.
     * A typical instruction should simply {@link Program#incrementProgramCounter increment}
     * the program counter of the current program, but specialized instructions may add
     * sub programs to the stack or not increment the counter (so that they are
     * executed again.)
     * @param env instance of ProcessorEnvironment which is being used for the processing
     * of the XML document model query
     * @throws TeiidComponentException for non-business exception
     * @throws TeiidProcessingException for business exception due to user input or model
     * @throws BlockedException if data is not available now but may be at a later time
     */
    public abstract XMLContext process(XMLProcessorEnvironment env, XMLContext context) 
        throws BlockedException, TeiidComponentException, TeiidProcessingException;

	public abstract PlanNode getDescriptionProperties();
        
}