StateMachine (cola-component-statemachine 4.3.1 API)

Type Parameters:

S - the type of state

E - the type of event

C - the user defined context

All Superinterfaces:

Visitable

All Known Implementing Classes:

StateMachineImpl
```
public interface StateMachine<S,E,C>
extends Visitable
```
StateMachine

Author:

Frank Zhang

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`S`	`fireEvent(S sourceState, E event, C ctx)`	Send an event `E` to the state machine.
`String`	`generatePlantUML()`
`String`	`getMachineId()`	MachineId is the identifier for a State Machine
`void`	`showStateMachine()`	Use visitor pattern to display the structure of the state machine

Methods inherited from interface com.alibaba.cola.statemachine.Visitable
accept

- Method Detail
  - fireEvent
```
S fireEvent(S sourceState,
            E event,
            C ctx)
```
    Send an event E to the state machine.
    
    Parameters:
    
    sourceState - the source state
    
    event - the event to send
    
    ctx - the user defined context
    
    Returns:
    
    the target state
  - getMachineId
```
String getMachineId()
```
    MachineId is the identifier for a State Machine
    
    Returns:
  - showStateMachine
```
void showStateMachine()
```
    Use visitor pattern to display the structure of the state machine
  - generatePlantUML
```
String generatePlantUML()
```