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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14 | |
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15 | package de.ugoe.cs.autoquest.eventcore; |
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16 | |
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17 | import java.io.Serializable; |
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18 | |
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19 | /** |
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20 | * <p> |
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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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24 | * </p> |
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25 | * |
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26 | * @version 1.0 |
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27 | * @author Steffen Herbold |
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28 | */ |
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29 | public interface IEventTarget extends Serializable { |
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30 | |
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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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38 | public String getPlatform(); |
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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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48 | public String getStringIdentifier(); |
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49 | } |
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