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public interface StoryStep<T extends StoryHandlerDefinition>

A step is a part of a StoryDefinition. Used to manage workflow in a StoryHandler.

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Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`Function1<T, Object>`	`answer()`	The custom answer for this step.
`Function1<BotBus, Boolean>`	`selectFromBus()`	Does this Step has to be selected from the Bus?
`Boolean`	`selectFromAction(UserTimeline userTimeline, Dialog dialog, Action action, Intent intent)`	Does this Step has to be automatically selected from the action context?
`Boolean`	`selectFromDialog(UserTimeline userTimeline, Dialog dialog, Intent intent)`	Does this Step has to be automatically selected from the dialog context?
`Boolean`	`selectFromActionAndEntityStepSelection(Action action, Intent intent)`	Does this step hast to be selected from its entityStepSelection?
`Boolean`	`selectFromDialogAndEntityStepSelection(Dialog dialog, Intent intent)`	Does this step hast to be selected from its entityStepSelection?
`Boolean`	`supportStarterIntent(Intent i)`	Does this step support this intent as starter intent?
`Boolean`	`supportIntent(Intent i)`	Does this step support this intent?
`abstract String`	`getName()`	The name of the step.
`IntentAware`	`getBaseIntent()`
`IntentAware`	`getIntent()`
`Set<IntentAware>`	`getOtherStarterIntents()`
`Set<IntentAware>`	`getSecondaryIntents()`
`Set<StoryStep<T>>`	`getChildren()`
`Boolean`	`getHasNoChildren()`
`EntityStepSelection`	`getEntityStepSelection()`

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clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

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  - answer
```
 Function1<T, Object> answer()
```
    The custom answer for this step. When returning a null value, it means that the step is not able to answer to the current request.
    Default implementation returns null.
  - selectFromBus
```
 Function1<BotBus, Boolean> selectFromBus()
```
    Does this Step has to be selected from the Bus? This method is called if StoryHandlerBase.checkPreconditions does not call BotBus.end. If this functions returns true, the step is selected and remaining steps are not tested.
  - selectFromAction
```
 Boolean selectFromAction(UserTimeline userTimeline, Dialog dialog, Action action, Intent intent)
```
    Does this Step has to be automatically selected from the action context? if returns true, the step is selected.
  - selectFromDialog
```
 Boolean selectFromDialog(UserTimeline userTimeline, Dialog dialog, Intent intent)
```
    Does this Step has to be automatically selected from the dialog context? if returns true, the step is selected.
  - selectFromActionAndEntityStepSelection
```
 Boolean selectFromActionAndEntityStepSelection(Action action, Intent intent)
```
    Does this step hast to be selected from its entityStepSelection? Returns null if there is no entityStepSelection.
  - selectFromDialogAndEntityStepSelection
```
 Boolean selectFromDialogAndEntityStepSelection(Dialog dialog, Intent intent)
```
    Does this step hast to be selected from its entityStepSelection? Returns null if there is no entityStepSelection.
  - supportStarterIntent
```
 Boolean supportStarterIntent(Intent i)
```
    Does this step support this intent as starter intent?
  - supportIntent
```
 Boolean supportIntent(Intent i)
```
    Does this step support this intent?
  - getName
```
 abstract String getName()
```
    The name of the step.
  - getBaseIntent
```
 IntentAware getBaseIntent()
```
  - getIntent
```
 IntentAware getIntent()
```
  - getOtherStarterIntents
```
 Set<IntentAware> getOtherStarterIntents()
```
  - getSecondaryIntents
```
 Set<IntentAware> getSecondaryIntents()
```
  - getChildren
```
 Set<StoryStep<T>> getChildren()
```
  - getHasNoChildren
```
 Boolean getHasNoChildren()
```
  - getEntityStepSelection
```
 EntityStepSelection getEntityStepSelection()
```

Interface StoryStep

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answer

selectFromBus

selectFromAction

selectFromDialog

selectFromActionAndEntityStepSelection

selectFromDialogAndEntityStepSelection

supportStarterIntent

supportIntent

getName

getBaseIntent

getIntent

getOtherStarterIntents

getSecondaryIntents

getChildren

getHasNoChildren

getEntityStepSelection