47 lines
1.9 KiB
Java
47 lines
1.9 KiB
Java
/*
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* Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
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* contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
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* this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
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* The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
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* (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
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* the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
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*
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* http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
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*
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* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
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* distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
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* WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
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* See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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* limitations under the License.
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*
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* $Header:$
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*/
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package org.apache.beehive.controls.api.context;
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import org.apache.beehive.controls.api.events.EventRef;
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import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
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/**
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* The ControlHandle interface defines a reference object to a control instance that enables
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* control events to be fired on the control. Control container implementations will provide
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* implementation of this interface that use container-specific dispatch mechanisms to locate
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* the appropriate control container instance when events are fired.
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*
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* Classes implementing the ControlHandle interface should also implement the <code>
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* java.io.Serializable</code> interface. This will enable handles to be serialized /
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* deserialized as part of event queueing or routing.
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*/
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public interface ControlHandle
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{
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/**
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* Returns the controlID of the target control referenced by this handle
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*/
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public String getControlID();
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/**
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* Delivers the specified event to the target control referenced by this handle.
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*/
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public Object sendEvent(EventRef event, Object [] args)
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throws IllegalAccessException,IllegalArgumentException,InvocationTargetException;
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}
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