org.eclipse.osbp.fork.jpos/src/jpos/profile/PropInfo.java

package jpos.profile;

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/**
 * Defines a JposEntry property info which is a set of properties information
 * for a JposEntry
 * @since 1.3 (SF 2K meeting)
 * @author E. Michael Maximilien (maxim@us.ibm.com)
 */
public interface PropInfo
{
	//-------------------------------------------------------------------------
	// Public methods
	//

	/** @return the name of this property */
	public String getName();

	/** @return the type of this property */
	public PropType getType();

	/** @return the default value for this property */
	public PropValue getDefaultValue();

	/** @return the list of possible values for this property */
	public PropValueList getValues();

	/** @return the DevCat that this property can be applied to */
	public DevCat getDevCat();

	/** @return the PropInfoViewer for this property */
	public PropInfoViewer getViewer();

	/** @return the Profile associated with this PropInfo */
	public Profile getProfile();

	/** @return a description of this PropInfo (this can be HTML formated) */
	public String getDescription();

	/** @return a short description of this PropInfo (this can be HTML formated) */
	public String getShortDescription();
}