[927] | 1 | // Copyright 2012 Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany |
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| 2 | // |
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| 3 | // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); |
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| 4 | // you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. |
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| 5 | // You may obtain a copy of the License at |
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| 6 | // |
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| 7 | // http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 |
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| 8 | // |
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| 9 | // Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software |
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| 10 | // distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, |
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| 11 | // WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. |
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| 12 | // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and |
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| 13 | // limitations under the License. |
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[780] | 14 | |
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[922] | 15 | package de.ugoe.cs.autoquest.eventcore; |
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[541] | 16 | |
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[543] | 17 | import java.io.Serializable; |
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| 18 | |
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[541] | 19 | /** |
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| 20 | * <p> |
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[780] | 21 | * Common interface for event targets. An event target can, e.g., be an element of a GUI or Web |
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| 22 | * server. A concrete event-driven software platform can define its event targets through the |
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| 23 | * implementation of this interface. |
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[541] | 24 | * </p> |
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| 25 | * |
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[780] | 26 | * @version 1.0 |
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| 27 | * @author Steffen Herbold |
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[541] | 28 | */ |
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[543] | 29 | public interface IEventTarget extends Serializable { |
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[541] | 30 | |
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[780] | 31 | /** |
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| 32 | * <p> |
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| 33 | * Returns the name of event-driven software platform to which the target belongs. |
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| 34 | * </p> |
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| 35 | * |
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| 36 | * @return name of the platform |
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| 37 | */ |
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[541] | 38 | public String getPlatform(); |
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[780] | 39 | |
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| 40 | /** |
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| 41 | * <p> |
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| 42 | * Returns a string identifier of the target. This is very convenient for visualizations of |
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| 43 | * events. |
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| 44 | * </p> |
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| 45 | * |
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| 46 | * @return target identifier |
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| 47 | */ |
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[681] | 48 | public String getStringIdentifier(); |
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[541] | 49 | } |
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