org.escot
Interface EscotFeature

All Known Subinterfaces:

BooleanProperty, FunctionEvaluator, NumberProperty, StringProperty

All Known Implementing Classes:

BasicFeature

public interface EscotFeature

The top level interface for interoperable ESCOT data types.

Field Summary

static String	COLOR_ATTRIBUTE a color attribute
static String	DESCRIPTION_ATTRIBUTE a description attribute
static String	ICON16x16_ATTRIBUTE an icon attribute
static String	TYPE_ATTRIBUTE a type attribute

Method Summary

void	addPropertyChangeListener(PropertyChangeListener l) adds a property change listener to this feature.
EscotFeature	duplicate() Features that should be duplicated when wired to return a duplicate to handle the next wire.
Object	getAttribute(String attribute) gets the value of the given attribute
String	getName() gets the name of this feature
void	putAttribute(String attribute, Object value) associates the given value with the given attribute
void	removePropertyChangeListener(PropertyChangeListener l) removes a property change listener from this feature

Field Detail

DESCRIPTION_ATTRIBUTE

public static final String DESCRIPTION_ATTRIBUTE

a description attribute

COLOR_ATTRIBUTE

public static final String COLOR_ATTRIBUTE

a color attribute

ICON16x16_ATTRIBUTE

public static final String ICON16x16_ATTRIBUTE

an icon attribute

TYPE_ATTRIBUTE

public static final String TYPE_ATTRIBUTE

a type attribute

Method Detail

getName

public String getName()

gets the name of this feature

Returns:

the name of the feature

getAttribute

public Object getAttribute(String attribute)

gets the value of the given attribute

Parameters:

attribute - the attribute

Returns:

an Object representing the value

putAttribute

public void putAttribute(String attribute,
                         Object value)

associates the given value with the given attribute

Parameters:

attribute - the attribute

value - the value for the attribute

addPropertyChangeListener

public void addPropertyChangeListener(PropertyChangeListener l)

adds a property change listener to this feature. Notified of changes in Name or attributes.

Parameters:

l - a PropertyChangeListener that wants to be notified of changes

removePropertyChangeListener

public void removePropertyChangeListener(PropertyChangeListener l)

removes a property change listener from this feature

Parameters:

l - a PropertyChangeListener that no longer wants to listen to changes

duplicate

public EscotFeature duplicate()
                       throws InstantiationException,
                              IllegalAccessException

Features that should be duplicated when wired to return a duplicate to handle the next wire.