comparison gnv-artifacts/src/main/java/de/intevation/gnv/state/InputData.java @ 875:5e9efdda6894

merged gnv-artifacts/1.0
author Thomas Arendsen Hein <thomas@intevation.de>
date Fri, 28 Sep 2012 12:13:56 +0200
parents 05bf8534a35a
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1 package de.intevation.gnv.state;
2
3 import java.io.Serializable;
4
5 /**
6 * This interface defines the basic methods used to store multiple values with
7 * a specific key and name.
8 *
9 * @author <a href="mailto:tim.englich@intevation.de">Tim Englich</a>
10 *
11 */
12 public interface InputData extends Serializable {
13
14 /**
15 * Method to Retrieve the name of this input data item.
16 *
17 * @return the name
18 */
19 public String getName();
20
21 /**
22 * Method to retrieve the value of this input data item. A value might be a
23 * list of values separated by a specific character.
24 *
25 * @return the value
26 */
27 public String getValue();
28
29 /**
30 * Method to store a further object at this input data item.
31 *
32 * @param o A further object.
33 */
34 public void setObject(Object o);
35
36 /**
37 * Method to retrieve the extra object.
38 *
39 * @return the extra object.
40 */
41 public Object getObject();
42
43 /**
44 * Method to store descriptions for this input data item.
45 *
46 * @param description Array of descriptions.
47 */
48 public void setDescription(String[] description);
49
50 /**
51 * Method to retrieve a description specified by a given key.
52 *
53 * @param key Key.
54 * @return the description for this key.
55 */
56 public String getDescription(String key);
57
58 /**
59 * Method to retrieve all descriptions of this input data item.
60 *
61 * @return descriptions.
62 */
63 public String[] getDescription();
64
65 /**
66 * Append a further string value to the value field devided by a separater
67 * character.
68 *
69 * @param value Value to append.
70 */
71 public void concartValue(String value);
72
73 /**
74 * Method to retrieve the character separated values split into an array.
75 *
76 * @return values as array.
77 */
78 String[] splitValue();
79 }
80 // vim:set ts=4 sw=4 si et sta sts=4 fenc=utf-8 :

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