ingo@358: package de.intevation.artifactdatabase.state;
ingo@358: 
ingo@358: import java.io.Serializable;
ingo@358: 
ingo@358: import org.w3c.dom.Node;
ingo@358: 
ingo@358: 
ingo@358: /**
ingo@358:  * @author <a href="mailto:ingo.weinzierl@intevation.de">Ingo Weinzierl</a>
ingo@358:  */
ingo@358: public interface Settings extends Serializable {
ingo@358: 
ingo@358:     /**
ingo@358:      * Adds a new Section to this Settings object.
ingo@358:      *
ingo@358:      * @param section the new Section.
ingo@358:      */
ingo@358:     void addSection(Section section);
ingo@358: 
ingo@358:     /**
ingo@358:      * Returns the number of Sections in this Settings object.
ingo@358:      *
ingo@358:      * @return the number of sections.
ingo@358:      */
ingo@358:     int getSectionCount();
ingo@358: 
ingo@358:     /**
ingo@358:      * Returns the section at position <i>pos</i>.
ingo@358:      *
ingo@358:      * @param pos the position of the target Section.
ingo@358:      *
ingo@358:      * @return the Section at position <i>pos</i> or null if no Section is
ingo@358:      * existing at <i>pos</i>.
ingo@358:      */
ingo@358:     Section getSection(int pos);
ingo@358: 
ingo@358:     /**
ingo@359:      * Removes a Section if it is existing in this Settings.
ingo@359:      *
ingo@359:      * @param section The section that should be removed.
ingo@359:      */
ingo@359:     void removeSection(Section section);
ingo@359: 
ingo@359:     /**
ingo@358:      * Transforms this Settings object into a XML representation. Therefore,
ingo@358:      * each Section object's <i>toXML</i> method is called to append its XML
ingo@358:      * representation to the final document.
ingo@358:      *
ingo@358:      * @param parent The parent node.
ingo@358:      */
ingo@358:     void toXML(Node parent);
ingo@358: }
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