Getting Parameters

When a task is processing, it gets configuration parameters and optional runtime parameters (for example, manual parameters entered through the user interface) using methods found in the BaseIPDTask class.

protected  String  getConfigParm(String key)
protected  String  getRuntimeParm(String key)

For both configuration and runtime parameters, the keys are used for initializing a configuration and the manual parameters. Manual parameters are classified as runtime parameters because the values entered by the user apply only to this run instance. For example,

String directory = getConfigParm(CONFIG_PARM_KEY_DIRECTORY);
String category = getRuntimeParm(MANUAL_PARM_KEY_CATEGORY);

When getting parameters, these methods first determine if a user entered value was provided. If a value exists, it is returned to the caller. If a user entered value is not found, the default value is returned.

Refer to the Javadoc information for additional information about methods and signatures.