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1 /**
2  * Copyright (C) 2003-2005 Funambol
3  *
4  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
5  * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
6  * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
7  * (at your option) any later version.
8  *
9  * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
10  * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
11  * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
12  * GNU General Public License for more details.
13  *
14  * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
15  * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
16  * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
17  */
18
19 package sync4j.syncclient.spdm;
20
21 import sync4j.syncclient.spdm.Device;
22
23 /**
24  * This class represents an abstract device manager. The device manager has the
25  * responsibility of handling the device management tree.
26  *
27  * @author Fabio Maggi @ Funambol
28  *
29  * @version $Id: DeviceManager.java,v 1.3 2005/01/19 11:18:36 fabius Exp $
30  */
31 public abstract class DeviceManager {
32
33     public static DeviceManager getDeviceManager() {
34         throw new RuntimeException JavaDoc ( "This operation cannot be executed on DeviceManager, " +
35                                      "but should be done on one of its subclasses." );
36
37     };
38
39     /**
40      * Returns a <i>Device</i> object representing the device managed by this
41      * DeviceManager.
42      *
43      * @return a <i>Device</i> object representing the device managed by this
44      * device manager.
45      */
46     abstract public Device getDevice();
47
48     /**
49      * Returns the management tree starting from the given parent node
50      *
51      * @param parent the parent node
52      *
53      * @return the management tree starting from the given parent node
54      */
55     abstract public ManagementNode getManagementTree(String JavaDoc parent);
56
57     /**
58      * The same as </i>getManagementTree("")</i>
59      *
60      * @return </i>getManagementTree("")</i>
61      */
62     abstract public ManagementNode getManagementTree();
63
64 }
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