vaadin-framework/src/com/vaadin/terminal/PaintTarget.java

/* 
@ITMillApache2LicenseForJavaFiles@
 */

package com.vaadin.terminal;

import java.io.Serializable;
import java.util.Map;

/**
 * This interface defines the methods for painting XML to the UIDL stream.
 * 
 * @author IT Mill Ltd.
 * @version
 * @VERSION@
 * @since 3.0
 */
public interface PaintTarget extends Serializable {

    /**
     * Prints single XMLsection.
     * 
     * Prints full XML section. The section data is escaped from XML tags and
     * surrounded by XML start and end-tags.
     * 
     * @param sectionTagName
     *            the name of the tag.
     * @param sectionData
     *            the scetion data.
     * @throws PaintException
     *             if the paint operation failed.
     */
    public void addSection(String sectionTagName, String sectionData)
            throws PaintException;

    /**
     * Prints element start tag of a paintable section. Starts a paintable
     * section using the given tag. The PaintTarget may implement a caching
     * scheme, that checks the paintable has actually changed or can a cached
     * version be used instead. This method should call the startTag method.
     * <p>
     * If the Paintable is found in cache and this function returns true it may
     * omit the content and close the tag, in which case cached content should
     * be used.
     * </p>
     * 
     * @param paintable
     *            the paintable to start.
     * @param tag
     *            the name of the start tag.
     * @return <code>true</code> if paintable found in cache, <code>false</code>
     *         otherwise.
     * @throws PaintException
     *             if the paint operation failed.
     * @see #startTag(String)
     * @since 3.1
     */
    public boolean startTag(Paintable paintable, String tag)
            throws PaintException;

    /**
     * Paints a component reference as an attribute to current tag. This method
     * is meant to enable component interactions on client side. With reference
     * the client side component can communicate directly to other component.
     * 
     * Note! This is still an experimental feature and API is likely to change
     * in future.
     * 
     * @param paintable
     *            the Paintable to reference
     * @param referenceName
     * @throws PaintException
     * 
     * @since 5.2
     */
    public void paintReference(Paintable paintable, String referenceName)
            throws PaintException;

    /**
     * Prints element start tag.
     * 
     * <pre>
     * Todo:
     * Checking of input values
     * </pre>
     * 
     * @param tagName
     *            the name of the start tag.
     * @throws PaintException
     *             if the paint operation failed.
     */
    public void startTag(String tagName) throws PaintException;

    /**
     * Prints element end tag.
     * 
     * If the parent tag is closed before every child tag is closed an
     * PaintException is raised.
     * 
     * @param tagName
     *            the name of the end tag.
     * @throws PaintException
     *             if the paint operation failed.
     */
    public void endTag(String tagName) throws PaintException;

    /**
     * Adds a boolean attribute to component. Atributes must be added before any
     * content is written.
     * 
     * @param name
     *            the Attribute name.
     * @param value
     *            the Attribute value.
     * 
     * @throws PaintException
     *             if the paint operation failed.
     */
    public void addAttribute(String name, boolean value) throws PaintException;

    /**
     * Adds a integer attribute to component. Atributes must be added before any
     * content is written.
     * 
     * @param name
     *            the Attribute name.
     * @param value
     *            the Attribute value.
     * 
     * @throws PaintException
     *             if the paint operation failed.
     */
    public void addAttribute(String name, int value) throws PaintException;

    /**
     * Adds a resource attribute to component. Atributes must be added before
     * any content is written.
     * 
     * @param name
     *            the Attribute name
     * @param value
     *            the Attribute value
     * 
     * @throws PaintException
     *             if the paint operation failed.
     */
    public void addAttribute(String name, Resource value) throws PaintException;

    /**
     * Adds a long attribute to component. Atributes must be added before any
     * content is written.
     * 
     * @param name
     *            the Attribute name.
     * @param value
     *            the Attribute value.
     * 
     * @throws PaintException
     *             if the paint operation failed.
     */
    public void addAttribute(String name, long value) throws PaintException;

    /**
     * Adds a float attribute to component. Atributes must be added before any
     * content is written.
     * 
     * @param name
     *            the Attribute name.
     * @param value
     *            the Attribute value.
     * 
     * @throws PaintException
     *             if the paint operation failed.
     */
    public void addAttribute(String name, float value) throws PaintException;

    /**
     * Adds a double attribute to component. Atributes must be added before any
     * content is written.
     * 
     * @param name
     *            the Attribute name.
     * @param value
     *            the Attribute value.
     * 
     * @throws PaintException
     *             if the paint operation failed.
     */
    public void addAttribute(String name, double value) throws PaintException;

    /**
     * Adds a string attribute to component. Atributes must be added before any
     * content is written.
     * 
     * @param name
     *            the Boolean attribute name.
     * @param value
     *            the Boolean attribute value.
     * 
     * @throws PaintException
     *             if the paint operation failed.
     */
    public void addAttribute(String name, String value) throws PaintException;

    /**
     * TODO
     * 
     * @param name
     * @param value
     * @throws PaintException
     */
    public void addAttribute(String name, Map<?, ?> value)
            throws PaintException;

    /**
     * Adds a string type variable.
     * 
     * @param owner
     *            the Listener for variable changes.
     * @param name
     *            the Variable name.
     * @param value
     *            the Variable initial value.
     * 
     * @throws PaintException
     *             if the paint operation failed.
     */
    public void addVariable(VariableOwner owner, String name, String value)
            throws PaintException;

    /**
     * Adds a int type variable.
     * 
     * @param owner
     *            the Listener for variable changes.
     * @param name
     *            the Variable name.
     * @param value
     *            the Variable initial value.
     * 
     * @throws PaintException
     *             if the paint operation failed.
     */
    public void addVariable(VariableOwner owner, String name, int value)
            throws PaintException;

    /**
     * Adds a long type variable.
     * 
     * @param owner
     *            the Listener for variable changes.
     * @param name
     *            the Variable name.
     * @param value
     *            the Variable initial value.
     * 
     * @throws PaintException
     *             if the paint operation failed.
     */
    public void addVariable(VariableOwner owner, String name, long value)
            throws PaintException;

    /**
     * Adds a float type variable.
     * 
     * @param owner
     *            the Listener for variable changes.
     * @param name
     *            the Variable name.
     * @param value
     *            the Variable initial value.
     * 
     * @throws PaintException
     *             if the paint operation failed.
     */
    public void addVariable(VariableOwner owner, String name, float value)
            throws PaintException;

    /**
     * Adds a double type variable.
     * 
     * @param owner
     *            the Listener for variable changes.
     * @param name
     *            the Variable name.
     * @param value
     *            the Variable initial value.
     * 
     * @throws PaintException
     *             if the paint operation failed.
     */
    public void addVariable(VariableOwner owner, String name, double value)
            throws PaintException;

    /**
     * Adds a boolean type variable.
     * 
     * @param owner
     *            the Listener for variable changes.
     * @param name
     *            the Variable name.
     * @param value
     *            the Variable initial value.
     * 
     * @throws PaintException
     *             if the paint operation failed.
     */
    public void addVariable(VariableOwner owner, String name, boolean value)
            throws PaintException;

    /**
     * Adds a string array type variable.
     * 
     * @param owner
     *            the Listener for variable changes.
     * @param name
     *            the Variable name.
     * @param value
     *            the Variable initial value.
     * 
     * @throws PaintException
     *             if the paint operation failed.
     */
    public void addVariable(VariableOwner owner, String name, String[] value)
            throws PaintException;

    /**
     * Adds a upload stream type variable.
     * 
     * @param owner
     *            the Listener for variable changes.
     * @param name
     *            the Variable name.
     * 
     * @throws PaintException
     *             if the paint operation failed.
     */
    public void addUploadStreamVariable(VariableOwner owner, String name)
            throws PaintException;

    /**
     * Prints single XML section.
     * <p>
     * Prints full XML section. The section data must be XML and it is
     * surrounded by XML start and end-tags.
     * </p>
     * 
     * @param sectionTagName
     *            the tag name.
     * @param sectionData
     *            the section data to be printed.
     * @param namespace
     *            the namespace.
     * @throws PaintException
     *             if the paint operation failed.
     */
    public void addXMLSection(String sectionTagName, String sectionData,
            String namespace) throws PaintException;

    /**
     * Adds UIDL directly. The UIDL must be valid in accordance with the
     * UIDL.dtd
     * 
     * @param uidl
     *            the UIDL to be added.
     * @throws PaintException
     *             if the paint operation failed.
     */
    public void addUIDL(java.lang.String uidl) throws PaintException;

    /**
     * Adds text node. All the contents of the text are XML-escaped.
     * 
     * @param text
     *            the Text to add
     * @throws PaintException
     *             if the paint operation failed.
     */
    void addText(String text) throws PaintException;

    /**
     * Adds CDATA node to target UIDL-tree.
     * 
     * @param text
     *            the Character data to add
     * @throws PaintException
     *             if the paint operation failed.
     * @since 3.1
     */
    void addCharacterData(String text) throws PaintException;

    public void addAttribute(String string, Object[] keys);

    /**
     * @return the "tag" string used in communication to present given
     *         {@link Paintable} type. Terminal may define how to present
     *         paintable.
     */
    public String getTag(Paintable paintable);
}