Java processor with multiple inputs and outputs.

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> Any thoughts on the following issue would be much appreciated:
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> I'm writing a Java Processor that takes two inputs and generates two
> outputs. I need to perform all the processing of the inputs before I can
> generate the outputs. The reason for this is the outputs are dependent on
> the sequence that the inputs are processed.
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> Unless I've misunderstood the processing model, it doesn't seem quite right
> to be dependent on the order that the outputs are generated, so I was trying
> to find a way to call my input processing routine prior to the generateXXXX
> methods being called.
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> I read in section 6.3 of the Processor API documentation that the reset()
> method could be used to perform such pre-processing tasks and then use the
> setState() method to make an object containing any common state data
> available to the respective generateXXXX() methods. I took this to mean that
> the reset() method would be called before any of the generateXXXX methods.
> Therefore I thought I would be able to process the inputs in the reset
> method, store the results via the state mechanism and then just pull out the
> right data for each output when the relevant generateXXXX method was called.
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> However I tried implementing the reset method in my processor class, but it
> didn't get called at the outset, instead the first generateXXXX method was
> called. Actually, I'm not certain under which circumstances the reset()
> method does get called or if I am trying to use it for its intended purpose.
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> Does anyone have experience of doing this sort of task, or is there another
> preferred way of doing what I am trying to achieve?
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> Thanks,
> Neil Crofts
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