// 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; import java.io.Serializable; /** *
* Common interface for event targets. An event target can, e.g., be an element of a GUI or Web * server or a VR. A concrete event-driven software platform can define its event targets through * the implementation of this interface. This type of event target differ from those of the parent * type in that they can build tree structures such as a {@link IHierarchicalEventTargetModel} *
* * @version 1.0 * @author Steffen Herbold */ public interface IHierarchicalEventTarget extends IEventTarget, Serializable { /** ** Returns the parent of the event target. *
* * @return the parent */ public IHierarchicalEventTarget getParent(); /** ** Returns the specification of the event target. *
* * @return the specification */ public IEventTargetSpec getSpecification(); /** ** Updates the specification of a event target with another specification, e.g., to add further * known names of the event target. *
* * @param furtherSpec * additional specification */ public void updateSpecification(IEventTargetSpec furtherSpec); /** ** returns the event target model to which this event target belongs (if any). *
* * @return as described */ public IHierarchicalEventTargetModel extends IHierarchicalEventTarget> getEventTargetModel(); /** ** The {@link IHierarchicalEventTarget} that is passed by this function is equal to the current * event target and will hereafter be treated as such. *
* * @param equalTarget * event target that is equal */ public void addEqualEventTarget(IHierarchicalEventTarget equalTarget); }