ingo@104: /*
ingo@104:  * Copyright (c) 2011 by Intevation GmbH
ingo@104:  *
ingo@104:  * This program is free software under the LGPL (>=v2.1)
ingo@104:  * Read the file LGPL.txt coming with the software for details
ingo@104:  * or visit http://www.gnu.org/licenses/ if it does not exist.
ingo@104:  */
ingo@104: package de.intevation.artifactdatabase.data;
ingo@104: 
ingo@104: import java.io.Serializable;
ingo@104: 
ingo@104: 
ingo@104: /**
ingo@104:  * @author <a href="mailto:ingo.weinzierl@intevation.de">Ingo Weinzierl</a>
ingo@104:  */
ingo@104: public interface StateData extends Serializable {
ingo@104: 
ingo@104:     /**
ingo@104:      * Returns the name of the data object.
ingo@104:      *
ingo@104:      * @return the name.
ingo@104:      */
ingo@104:     public String getName();
ingo@104: 
ingo@104: 
ingo@104:     /**
ingo@104:      * Returns the description of the data object.
ingo@104:      *
ingo@104:      * @return the description of the data object.
ingo@104:      */
ingo@104:     public String getDescription();
ingo@104: 
ingo@104: 
ingo@104:     /**
ingo@104:      * Returns the type of the data object as string.
ingo@104:      *
ingo@104:      * @return the type as string.
ingo@104:      */
ingo@104:     public String getType();
ingo@104: 
ingo@104: 
ingo@104:     /**
ingo@104:      * Returns the value of the data object.
ingo@104:      *
ingo@104:      * @return the value.
ingo@104:      */
ingo@104:     public Object getValue();
ingo@110: 
ingo@110: 
ingo@110:     /**
ingo@110:      * Set the value of this data object.
ingo@110:      *
ingo@110:      * @param value The new value for this data object.
ingo@110:      */
ingo@110:     public void setValue(Object value);
sascha@322: 
sascha@322:     public StateData deepCopy();
ingo@104: }
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