Repository


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   name, GraphModel graph) throws Exception  ;
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   storeComponent (Component component, GraphModel graph, Object   hints) 
57      throws Exception  ;
58  }
59
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