tim@30: package de.intevation.gnv.artifactdatabase.objects;
tim@36: 
tim@165: import java.io.Serializable;
tim@165: 
tim@30: /**
ingo@690:  * An <code>OutputParameter</code> describes the input for an export mode and
ingo@690:  * stores the value inserted by the user.
sascha@699:  *
sascha@684:  * @author <a href="mailto:tim.englich@intevation.de">Tim Englich</a>
tim@30:  */
tim@165: public interface OutputParameter extends Serializable{
tim@36: 
ingo@690:     /**
ingo@690:      * Retrieves the name of the parameter.
ingo@690:      *
ingo@690:      * @return the name.
ingo@690:      */
tim@30:     String getName();
tim@36: 
ingo@690:     /**
ingo@690:      * Retrieves the value of this parameters.
ingo@690:      *
ingo@690:      * @return the value.
ingo@690:      */
tim@30:     String getValue();
tim@36: 
ingo@690:     /**
ingo@690:      * Retrieves the description of this parameter.
ingo@690:      *
ingo@690:      * @return the description.
ingo@690:      */
tim@30:     String getDescription();
tim@36: 
ingo@690:     /**
ingo@690:      * Retrieves the type of this parameter (e.g. String, Integer, Double, Date).
ingo@690:      *
ingo@690:      * @return the type.
ingo@690:      */
tim@30:     String getType();
tim@30: }
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