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Java building chain of events which depends on each other

I hava a set of methods of type boolean which are settings things up. Each method return true if busines logic was successfully executed and false if anything went wrong. I would like to break chain at first fail.
Are there any good practicies?
ATM I am doing something like this:
if (taskIsDone(task) && taskGenerateReport(task) && taskReportIsDone(task) && taskProcessReport(task)){
log.info("Processing of task {} is done", task.getName());
} else {
log.error("Task {} finished with error", task.getName());
}
Something like this works in my dev env but if scenario when for any reason order of methods would change logic like this is useless.
Could anyone give me a hint how to make it right?

As the other people said, the order of execution is from the left to the right.
In your case, I would call task.isDone() or task.generateReport() and so on, as it's related to the task which is in your case probably a domain object.

gdx-ai: how to disable behaviour

From yesterday I was looking for a way to disable some behaviour in Gdx-Ai, I wrote code like this:
arriveSteeringBehaviour = new Arrive<Vector3>(character, MainCharacter.getTarget()) //
.setTimeToTarget(0.1f)
.setArrivalTolerance(0.0002f)
.setDecelerationRadius(8);
arriveSteeringBehaviour.setEnabled(true);
character.setSteeringBehavior(arriveSteeringBehaviour);
when "Arrive Distance" <= "Deceleration Radius" I'm trying to disable the Arrive Behaviour like this
if (arriveSteeringBehaviour.getDistance() <= arriveSteeringBehaviour.getDecelerationRadius() ) {
arriveSteeringBehaviour.setEnabled(false);
character.setSteeringBehavior(null);
}
but it's doesn't worked, character object still moving around, anyone can figure this out? thanks
note: in update method, I did disable any translation also disabled character.update(GdxAI.getTimepiece().getDeltaTime()); line.

Java If -else statement not working as expected

So I'm making a program on a pretty low level of Java-programming.
This is what I'm having problems with:
//The String fillText is given a value earlier in the program
if ("".equals(txa1.getText()))
{
txa1.setText(fillText);
txa1.setVisible(true);
}
else if ("".equals(txa2.getText()))
{
txa2.setText(fillText);
txa2.setVisible(true);
}
else if ("".equals(txa3.getText()))
{
txa3.setText(fillText);
txa3.setVisible(true);
}
else if ("".equals(txa4.getText()))
{
txa4.setText(fillText);
txa4.setVisible(true);
}
else if ("".equals(txa5.getText()))
{
txa5.setText(fillText);
txa5.setVisible(true);
}
...
This code appears to ALWAYS fill all of the textareas (txaX) with fillText.
I was expecting it to only execute the first of the statements that returned true and then break out of the if-else-statement.
I tried to do it with a switch-case, but ended up failing since the String is changed during the run of the program.
What is wrong?
Thanks in advance!

It is in loop .Definetely that is causing the problem.With out loop it will go to only one block.It is not possible too execute without loop.When ever we are using if else only one block will execute.

"".equals(txa1.getText())
I think above condition for each returns true.
getText() method is always returning empty string i.e "";

You have to carefully examine your conditions, it'll basically execute the predecessors if the condition is false.
I suggest you think more on the logic of what you are trying to achieve..

Java entering an if statement that is false

I'm running into the strangest error in this program, which is confirmed when debugging it. I have the following code (boiled down to highlight the problem, of course):
BHFrame.java
public class BHFrame
{
private boolean uSS;
private StateSaver stateSaver;
public BHFrame(boolean useInternalStateSaver)
{
//Init code
uSS = useInternalStateSaver;
//More init code
System.out.println(uSS);
if (uSS)
{System.out.println("Entered 1");
stateSaver = new StateSaver(title, false);
stateSaver.addSaveable(getThis());
}
//More init code
System.out.println(uSS);
if (uSS)
{System.out.println("Entered 2");
try
{
stateSaver.loadState();
stateSaver.putState(getThis());
}
catch (IOException ex)
{
alertUserOfException(ex);
}
}
}
}
GUI.java
public class GUI extends BHFrame
{
public GUI(boolean useInternalStateSaver)
{
super(useInternalStateSaver);
}
}
Main.java
public class Main
{
public static void main(String[] args)
{
GUI gui = new GUI(false);
}
}
Output
false
false
Entered 2
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NullPointerException
at bht.tools.comps.BHFrame.<init>(BHFrame.java:26)
at bhms.GUI.<init>(GUI.java:5)
at bhms.Main.main(Main.java:5)
The class BHFrame is extended and run from a child class that calls this constructor, but that really shouldn't affect this behavior. The problem is that, when false is passed to the constructor as useInternalStateSaver, the first if (uSS) is skipped, but the second is entered. Upon debugging, I found that uSS is false throughout runtime, including on the line of the second if statement, here. Why would Java enter an if statement when the condition returns false? Before you ask, I did delete the .class files and recompile it just in case there was some residual code messing with it, but I got the same result. And rest assured, all the references to the uSS variable are displayed here.
Solution
As it turns out, this appears to be a bug in NetBeans 7.1 Build 201109252201, wherein the IDE doesn't properly insert new code into the compiled .class files. The problem was fixed by compiling the files externally. A bug report has been submitted.

Whatever's throwing that exception is probably not in your posted code.
It's not being caught by your catch statement, which only catches IOException.
It's a NullPointerException and can occur anywhere.
You have shown no indication that the code inside your if block is actually executing. In your screenshot, there is absolutely know way of knowing if your if block is entered or not. There are no logging statements.
Add debugging messages at various points to see exactly what is happening. Or, you know, look at line 26 (wayyyyy before your posted code) to see why you're getting a NullPointerException.

I've seen crazy stuff like this when there is bad RAM on the machine. You might want to run memtest86.
You might also consider deleting all of your project class files, and then doing a build. Maybe you changed Main.java, but it was never recompiled. I hate that when that happens.

This is just a guess, because I can't see the code you are mentioning, but I reckon you have defined a local variable uSS in the second //More init code segment.
Once you define a local variable named the same as an instance variable, it 'hides' the instance variable. Better to qualify all instance variables with this.
So, try qualifying all above accesses of uSS with this. ... (this.uSS)
Even if this isn't the issue, it might be better to post the full code anyway.
HTH

Program works in Eclipse debugger but not anywhere else...?

The following code segment:
private class ConnectionControl implements Runnable
{
public void run()
{
while( true )
{
if( !cnnct.isInMsgEmpty() )
System.out.println( "Incoming message: " + cnnct.getInMsg().getPayloadString() ) ;
}
}
}
Works when I run it in eclipse debugger and place a breakpoint at the System.out line. However, if I run it normally I don't get the "Incoming message..." output.
Any thoughts on why this would be or how even to debug it???
Ahh figured it out... had a deadlock situation going on where two threads were using the same resource. Thanks for your help guys!
Cheers!

There are multiple ways to invoke Java code, depending on where you need it.
What you have shown is not enough to be self-standing, and should cause an error if you try to invoke it as an applet or a java application (java .... ConnectionControl). It may be that Eclipse can invoke a Runnable - I have not seen it though.
Try
making the class public
add a static main method making it a Java application
put a message in the start of the main method so you can see it is invoked

You're already using System.out.println for your program output. Add some sysouts that output where you are in the code and the status of various variables.
I don't know how this is being called but from the code I see your if condition is always evaluating false.