ingo@8: package de.intevation.flys.client.shared.model;
ingo@8: 
ingo@8: /**
ingo@8:  * The artifact description describes a state of an artifact. There are
ingo@8:  * operations defined that return former inserted data, possible input values
ingo@8:  * and output targets that are available in the current state of the artifact.
ingo@8:  *
ingo@8:  * @author <a href="mailto:ingo.weinzierl@intevation.de">Ingo Weinzierl</a>
ingo@8:  */
ingo@8: public interface ArtifactDescription {
ingo@8: 
ingo@8:     /**
ingo@8:      * Returns the data that have been inserted in former states of the
ingo@8:      * artifact.
ingo@8:      *
ingo@8:      * @return the old data of former states.
ingo@8:      */
ingo@8:     public Data[] getOldData();
ingo@8: 
ingo@8: 
ingo@8:     /**
ingo@8:      * Returns the data with all its options that might be inserted in the
ingo@8:      * current state of the artifact.
ingo@8:      *
ingo@8:      * @return the current data.
ingo@8:      */
ingo@8:     public Data getCurrentData();
ingo@8: 
ingo@8: 
ingo@8:     /**
ingo@8:      * Returns the current state as string.
ingo@8:      *
ingo@8:      * @return the current state.
ingo@8:      */
ingo@8:     public String getCurrentState();
ingo@8: 
ingo@8: 
ingo@8:     /**
ingo@8:      * Returns the reachable states as string.
ingo@8:      *
ingo@8:      * @return the reachable states.
ingo@8:      */
ingo@8:     public String[] getReachableStates();
ingo@8: }
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