Channel

java.lang.Object
- aeonics.template.Channel

All Implemented Interfaces:

Documented, Exportable
```
public class Channel
extends java.lang.Object
implements Documented
```
This class represents a channel for an Step.Origin, Step.Action or Step.Destination entity. It provides a hint about possible variants of the action. It is used by the corresponding Template to create and populate new instances of the action.

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

Channel(java.lang.String name)
Creates a new channel

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`java.lang.String`	`description()`	Returns the channel description
`<C extends Channel> C`	`description(java.lang.String value)`	Sets the channel description
`java.lang.String`	`name()`	Returns the channel name
`java.lang.String`	`summary()`	Returns the channel summary
`<C extends Channel> C`	`summary(java.lang.String value)`	Sets the channel summary

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface aeonics.util.Documented
export

- Constructor Detail
  - Channel
```
public Channel(java.lang.String name)
```
    Creates a new channel
    
    Parameters:
    
    name - the channel name
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if the name is null or blank.
- Method Detail
  - name
```
public java.lang.String name()
```
    Returns the channel name
    
    Specified by:
    
    name in interface Documented
    
    Returns:
    
    the channel name
  - summary
```
public java.lang.String summary()
```
    Returns the channel summary
    
    Specified by:
    
    summary in interface Documented
    
    Returns:
    
    the channel summary
  - summary
```
public <C extends Channel> C summary(java.lang.String value)
```
    Sets the channel summary
    
    Type Parameters:
    
    C - this channel type
    
    Parameters:
    
    value - the summary
    
    Returns:
    
    this
  - description
```
public java.lang.String description()
```
    Returns the channel description
    
    Specified by:
    
    description in interface Documented
    
    Returns:
    
    the channel description
  - description
```
public <C extends Channel> C description(java.lang.String value)
```
    Sets the channel description
    
    Type Parameters:
    
    C - this channel type
    
    Parameters:
    
    value - the description
    
    Returns:
    
    this