Application: gvSIG desktop

package org.gvsig.tools.operations;

import org.gvsig.tools.ToolsLocator;

public abstract class AbstractOperation {

        protected String name;

        protected String description;

        public AbstractOperation(String name, String descrption) {

                this.description = descrption;

                this.name = name;

        }

        public String getName() {

                return name;

        }

        public String getDescription() {

                return description;

        }

        /**

         * Get the operation code associated to this operation.

         * 

         * Overwrite this method for optimize.

         * 

         * @return the operation code

         * @throws OperationNotSupportedException

         */

        public int getCode() throws OperationNotSupportedException {

                OperationManager manager = ToolsLocator.getOperationManager();

                return manager.getOperationCode(this.getClass(), name);

        }

        /**

         * Invokes this operation in the context.

         *

         * @param self

         *            the object to which apply this operation

         * @param ctx

         *            Parameter container

         * @return Place-holder object that may contain any specific return value.

         * @throws OperationException

         *             The implementation is responsible to throw this exception

         *             when needed.

         */

        public abstract Object invoke(Object self, OperationContext context)

                        throws OperationException;

}