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| * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at |
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| * |
| * Contributors: |
| * IBM Corporation - Initial API and implementation |
| **********************************************************************/ |
| package org.eclipse.wst.server.core.internal; |
| |
| import java.util.List; |
| /** |
| * Interface to a memento used for saving the important state of an object |
| * in a form that can be persisted in the file system. |
| * <p> |
| * Mementos were designed with the following requirements in mind: |
| * <ol> |
| * <li>Certain objects need to be saved and restored across platform sessions. |
| * </li> |
| * <li>When an object is restored, an appropriate class for an object might not |
| * be available. It must be possible to skip an object in this case.</li> |
| * <li>When an object is restored, the appropriate class for the object may be |
| * different from the one when the object was originally saved. If so, the |
| * new class should still be able to read the old form of the data.</li> |
| * </ol> |
| * </p> |
| * <p> |
| * Mementos meet these requirements by providing support for storing a |
| * mapping of arbitrary string keys to primitive values, and by allowing |
| * mementos to have other mementos as children (arranged into a tree). |
| * A robust external storage format based on XML is used. |
| * </p><p> |
| * The key for an attribute may be any alpha numeric value. However, the |
| * value of <code>TAG_ID</code> is reserved for internal use. |
| * </p><p> |
| * This interface is not intended to be implemented by clients. |
| * </p> |
| */ |
| public interface IMemento { |
| /** |
| * Special reserved key used to store the memento id |
| * (value <code>"org.eclipse.ui.id"</code>). |
| * |
| * @see #getId |
| */ |
| public static final String TAG_ID = "IMemento.internal.id"; //$NON-NLS-1$ |
| |
| /** |
| * Creates a new child of this memento with the given type. |
| * <p> |
| * The <code>getChild</code> and <code>getChildren</code> methods |
| * are used to retrieve children of a given type. |
| * </p> |
| * |
| * @param type the type |
| * @return a new child memento |
| * @see #getChild |
| * @see #getChildren |
| */ |
| public IMemento createChild(String type); |
| |
| /** |
| * Creates a new child of this memento with the given type and id. |
| * The id is stored in the child memento (using a special reserved |
| * key, <code>TAG_ID</code>) and can be retrieved using <code>getId</code>. |
| * <p> |
| * The <code>getChild</code> and <code>getChildren</code> methods |
| * are used to retrieve children of a given type. |
| * </p> |
| * |
| * @param type the type |
| * @param id the child id |
| * @return a new child memento with the given type and id |
| * @see #getId |
| */ |
| public IMemento createChild(String type, String id); |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns the first child with the given type id. |
| * |
| * @param type the type id |
| * @return the first child with the given type |
| */ |
| public IMemento getChild(String type); |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns all children with the given type id. |
| * |
| * @param type the type id |
| * @return the list of children with the given type |
| */ |
| public IMemento[] getChildren(String type); |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns the floating point value of the given key. |
| * |
| * @param key the key |
| * @return the value, or <code>null</code> if the key was not found or was found |
| * but was not a floating point number |
| */ |
| public Float getFloat(String key); |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns the id for this memento. |
| * |
| * @return the memento id, or <code>null</code> if none |
| * @see #createChild(java.lang.String,java.lang.String) |
| */ |
| public String getId(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns the name for this memento. |
| * |
| * @return the memento name, or <code>null</code> if none |
| * @see #createChild(java.lang.String,java.lang.String) |
| */ |
| public String getName(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns the integer value of the given key. |
| * |
| * @param key the key |
| * @return the value, or <code>null</code> if the key was not found or was found |
| * but was not an integer |
| */ |
| public Integer getInteger(String key); |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns the string value of the given key. |
| * |
| * @param key the key |
| * @return the value, or <code>null</code> if the key was not found or was found |
| * but was not an integer |
| */ |
| public String getString(String key); |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns the boolean value of the given key. |
| * |
| * @param key the key |
| * @return the value, or <code>null</code> if the key was not found or was found |
| * but was not a boolean |
| */ |
| public Boolean getBoolean(String key); |
| |
| public List getNames(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Sets the value of the given key to the given floating point number. |
| * |
| * @param key the key |
| * @param value the value |
| */ |
| public void putFloat(String key, float value); |
| |
| /** |
| * Sets the value of the given key to the given integer. |
| * |
| * @param key the key |
| * @param value the value |
| */ |
| public void putInteger(String key, int value); |
| |
| /** |
| * Sets the value of the given key to the given boolean value. |
| * |
| * @param key the key |
| * @param value the value |
| */ |
| public void putBoolean(String key, boolean value); |
| |
| /** |
| * Copy the attributes and children from <code>memento</code> |
| * to the receiver. |
| * |
| * @param memento the IMemento to be copied. |
| */ |
| public void putMemento(IMemento memento); |
| |
| /** |
| * Sets the value of the given key to the given string. |
| * |
| * @param key the key |
| * @param value the value |
| */ |
| public void putString(String key, String value); |
| } |