+ * Returns the view of the GUI to which this GUI element belongs. + *
+ * + * @return the parent + */ + public IGUIView getView(); /** Index: trunk/autoquest-core-events/src/main/java/de/ugoe/cs/autoquest/eventcore/guimodel/IGUIView.java =================================================================== --- trunk/autoquest-core-events/src/main/java/de/ugoe/cs/autoquest/eventcore/guimodel/IGUIView.java (revision 1876) +++ trunk/autoquest-core-events/src/main/java/de/ugoe/cs/autoquest/eventcore/guimodel/IGUIView.java (revision 1876) @@ -0,0 +1,59 @@ +// Copyright 2012 Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany +// +// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); +// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. +// You may obtain a copy of the License at +// +// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 +// +// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software +// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, +// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. +// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and +// limitations under the License. + +package de.ugoe.cs.autoquest.eventcore.guimodel; + +import java.io.Serializable; + +/** + *+ * Common interface for views in GUI. What is considered a view depends strongly on the concrete + * type of the GUI. For example, for web sites it may be any single page or a set of pages. For a + * desktop application, it may be modal dialogs and the main view. + *
+ * + * @version 1.1 + * @author Patrick Harms, Steffen Herbold + */ +public interface IGUIView extends Serializable { + + /** + *+ * Returns true, if the view is somewhat modal, i.e., it must be closed to see another view. + *
+ * + * @return true if the view is modal; false otherwise + */ + public boolean isModal(); + + /** + *+ * Defines that {@link IGUIView} implementations have to define equals. + *
+ * + * @see Object#equals(Object) + */ + @Override + public boolean equals(Object other); + + /** + *+ * Defines that {@link IGUIView} implementations have to define hashCode. + *
+ * + * @see Object#hashCode() + */ + @Override + public int hashCode(); +}