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1 /***
2  * FractalGUI: a graphical tool to edit Fractal component configurations.
3  * Copyright (C) 2003 France Telecom R&D
4  *
5  * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
6  * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
7  * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
8  * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
9  *
10  * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
11  * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
12  * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
13  * Lesser General Public License for more details.
14  *
15  * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
16  * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
17  * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
18  *
19  * Contact: fractal@objectweb.org
20  *
21  * Authors: Eric Bruneton, Patrice Fauvel
22  */

23
24 package org.objectweb.fractal.gui.repository.api;
25
26 import org.objectweb.fractal.gui.graph.model.GraphModel;
27 import org.objectweb.fractal.gui.model.Component;
28
29 /**
30  * A repository of component configuration definitions.
31  */

32
33 public interface Repository {
34
35   /**
36    * Loads a component (and all its sub components) from this repository.
37    *
38    * @param name the name of the component to be loaded.
39    * @param graph an optional graph model.
40    * @return the loaded component.
41    * @throws Exception if the component cannot loaded.
42    */

43
44   Component loadComponent (String JavaDoc name, GraphModel graph) throws Exception JavaDoc;
45
46   /**
47    * Stores a component (and all its sub components) into this repository.
48    *
49    * @param component the component to be stored.
50    * @param graph an optional graph model.
51    * @param hints options.
52    * @return the name of the component that has been stored.
53    * @throws Exception if the component cannot be stored.
54    */

55   
56   String JavaDoc storeComponent (Component component, GraphModel graph, Object JavaDoc hints)
57     throws Exception JavaDoc;
58 }
59
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