MetaDataProvider


1   /*
2    * $Id: MetaDataProvider.java,v 1.4 2004/12/17 14:41:52 kleopatra Exp $
3    *
4    * Copyright 2004 Sun Microsystems, Inc., 4150 Network Circle,
5    * Santa Clara, California 95054, U.S.A. All rights reserved.
6    */
7   package org.jdesktop.swing.data;
8   
9   /**
10   * Interface for marking objects which can return MetaData instances for
11   * data objects.
12   *
13   * @author Jeanette Winzenburg
14   * @author Amy Fowler
15   * @version 1.0
16   */
17  public interface MetaDataProvider {
18  
19      /**
20       * Note: if the type for id is changed to Object type this will
21       * have to change to returning Object[].
22       * 
23       * @return array containing the names of all data fields in this map
24       */
25      String  [] getFieldNames();
26  
27      /**
28      *
29      * @return integer containing the number of contained MetaData
30      */
31  
32      int getFieldCount();
33  
34      /**
35       * Note: String will likely be converted to type Object for the ID
36       * @param dataID String containing the id of the data object
37       * @return MetaData object which describes properties, edit constraints
38       *         and validation logic for a data object
39       */
40      MetaData getMetaData(String   dataID);
41  
42      /**
43       * convenience to return all MetaData.
44       * 
45       * @return
46       */
47      MetaData[] getMetaData();
48  
49  
50  }

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