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//---PACKAGE DECLARATION--- |
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package uk.org.iscream.conient.datacomponents; |
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//---IMPORTS--- |
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import uk.org.iscream.util.XMLPacket; |
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/** |
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* This interface is used by all |
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* components that will be used to display |
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* inbound data. The HostDisplayPanel class |
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* uses it as a generic way to tell a specific |
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* class that holds data to update its data with |
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* a given packet. |
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* A related class is the VisibleDataComponent |
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* abstract class, this is specifically for components |
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* that will display data and thus implements this |
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* interface. |
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* @author $Author: ajm4 $ |
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* @version $Id: DataComponent.java,v 1.7 2001/03/15 01:05:46 ajm4 Exp $ |
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*/ |
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public interface DataComponent { |
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//---FINAL ATTRIBUTES--- |
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/** |
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* The current CVS revision of this class |
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*/ |
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public final String REVISION = "$Revision: 1.7 $"; |
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//---STATIC METHODS--- |
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//---CONSTRUCTORS--- |
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//---PUBLIC METHODS--- |
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//---PRIVATE METHODS--- |
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//---ACCESSOR/MUTATOR METHODS--- |
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/** |
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* This takes an XMLPacket so that the reading |
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* component can extract the data it needs to update |
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* the display. |
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* @param packet the packet |
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* @throws DataFormatException if there was a problem converting the data for display |
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*/ |
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public void setValue(XMLPacket packet) throws DataFormatException; |
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/** |
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* Returns the string showing the packet |
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* attribute that the component is looking after |
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* @return the packet reference |
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*/ |
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public String getPacketAttribute(); |
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//---ATTRIBUTES--- |
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//---STATIC ATTRIBUTES--- |
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} |