/* * Copyright 2000-2013 Vaadin Ltd. * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not * use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of * the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the * License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under * the License. */ package com.vaadin.data; import java.io.Serializable; import java.util.Collection; /** *
* Provides a mechanism for handling a set of Properties, each associated to a * locally unique non-null identifier. The interface is split into subinterfaces * to enable a class to implement only the functionalities it needs. *
* * @author Vaadin Ltd * @since 3.0 */ public interface Item extends Serializable { /** * Gets the Property corresponding to the given Property ID stored in the * Item. If the Item does not contain the Property,null
is
* returned.
*
* @param id
* identifier of the Property to get
* @return the Property with the given ID or null
*/
public Property getItemProperty(Object id);
/**
* Gets the collection of IDs of all Properties stored in the Item.
*
* @return unmodifiable collection containing IDs of the Properties stored
* the Item
*/
public Collection> getItemPropertyIds();
/**
* Tries to add a new Property into the Item.
*
* * This functionality is optional. *
* * @param id * ID of the new Property * @param property * the Property to be added and associated with the id * @returntrue
if the operation succeeded, false
* if not
* @throws UnsupportedOperationException
* if the operation is not supported.
*/
public boolean addItemProperty(Object id, Property property)
throws UnsupportedOperationException;
/**
* Removes the Property identified by ID from the Item.
*
* * This functionality is optional. *
* * @param id * ID of the Property to be removed * @returntrue
if the operation succeeded
* @throws UnsupportedOperationException
* if the operation is not supported. false
if not
*/
public boolean removeItemProperty(Object id)
throws UnsupportedOperationException;
/**
* Interface implemented by viewer classes capable of using an Item as a
* data source.
*/
public interface Viewer extends Serializable {
/**
* Sets the Item that serves as the data source of the viewer.
*
* @param newDataSource
* The new data source Item
*/
public void setItemDataSource(Item newDataSource);
/**
* Gets the Item serving as the data source of the viewer.
*
* @return data source Item
*/
public Item getItemDataSource();
}
/**
* Interface implemented by the Editor
classes capable of
* editing the Item. Implementing this interface means that the Item serving
* as the data source of the editor can be modified through it.
*
* Note : Not implementing the Item.Editor
interface does not
* restrict the class from editing the contents of an internally.
*
Event
object specifying the Item whose contents has been
* changed through the Property
interface.
* * Note: The values stored in the Properties may change without triggering * this event. *
*/ public interface PropertySetChangeEvent extends Serializable { /** * Retrieves the Item whose contents has been modified. * * @return source Item of the event */ public Item getItem(); } /** * The listener interface for receivingPropertySetChangeEvent
* objects.
*/
public interface PropertySetChangeListener extends Serializable {
/**
* Notifies this listener that the Item's property set has changed.
*
* @param event
* Property set change event object
*/
public void itemPropertySetChange(Item.PropertySetChangeEvent event);
}
/**
* The interface for adding and removing PropertySetChangeEvent
* listeners. By implementing this interface a class explicitly announces
* that it will generate a PropertySetChangeEvent
when its
* Property set is modified.
*
* Note : The general Java convention is not to explicitly declare that a
* class generates events, but to directly define the
* addListener
and removeListener
methods. That
* way the caller of these methods has no real way of finding out if the
* class really will send the events, or if it just defines the methods to
* be able to implement an interface.
*