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.guimodel; |
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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 views in GUI. What is considered a view depends strongly on the concrete |
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22 | * type of the GUI. For example, for web sites it may be any single page or a set of pages. For a |
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23 | * desktop application, it may be modal dialogs and the main view. |
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24 | * </p> |
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25 | * |
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26 | * @version 1.1 |
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27 | * @author Patrick Harms, Steffen Herbold |
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28 | */ |
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29 | public interface IGUIView extends Serializable { |
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30 | |
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31 | /** |
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32 | * <p> |
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33 | * Returns true, if the view is somewhat modal, i.e., it must be closed to see another view. |
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34 | * </p> |
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35 | * |
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36 | * @return true if the view is modal; false otherwise |
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37 | */ |
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38 | public boolean isModal(); |
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39 | |
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40 | /** |
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41 | * <p> |
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42 | * Defines that {@link IGUIView} implementations have to define equals. |
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43 | * </p> |
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44 | * |
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45 | * @see Object#equals(Object) |
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46 | */ |
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47 | @Override |
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48 | public boolean equals(Object other); |
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49 | |
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50 | /** |
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51 | * <p> |
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52 | * Defines that {@link IGUIView} implementations have to define hashCode. |
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53 | * </p> |
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54 | * |
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55 | * @see Object#hashCode() |
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56 | */ |
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57 | @Override |
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58 | public int hashCode(); |
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59 | } |
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