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| * Copyright (c) 2006 The Regents of the University of California. |
| * This material was produced under U.S. Government contract W-7405-ENG-36 |
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| * |
| * Additionally, this program and the accompanying materials |
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| *******************************************************************************/ |
| package org.eclipse.ptp.core.attributes; |
| |
| public interface IAttribute<T, A extends IAttribute<T,A,D>, D extends IAttributeDefinition<T,A,D>> |
| extends Comparable<A> { |
| |
| /** |
| * @return the attribute definition object associated with this attribute |
| */ |
| public D getDefinition(); |
| |
| /** |
| * @return |
| */ |
| public T getValue(); |
| |
| /** |
| * @return string |
| */ |
| public String getValueAsString(); |
| |
| /** |
| * @return whether this attribute is enabled. |
| */ |
| public boolean isEnabled(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Is the string parsable to a valid |
| * attribute of this type? |
| * |
| * @param string |
| * @return |
| */ |
| public boolean isValid(String string); |
| |
| /** |
| * @param value |
| * @throws IllegalValueException |
| */ |
| public void setValue(T value) throws IllegalValueException; |
| |
| /** |
| * @param string |
| * @throws IAttribute.IllegalValue |
| */ |
| public void setValueAsString(String string) throws IllegalValueException; |
| } |