net.sourceforge.nite.meta
Interface NResource

All Known Subinterfaces:

NRealResource, NVirtualResource

All Known Implementing Classes:

NiteResource, NiteVirtualResource

public interface NResource

A single resource in a resource file, provides access methods for its ID, coding and dependencies. Subclassed by NRealResource and NVirtualResource

Author:

jonathan

Method Summary

void	addDependency(NResource res, java.lang.String observation) add a dependency with resource resolved and observation (regexp) as a String
void	addDependency(java.lang.String res, java.lang.String observation) add a dependency with resource and observation (regexp) as Strings
boolean	dependsOn(NResource depresource) returns true if this resource can trace a dependency on the given resource for any observation (i.e.
java.lang.String	getCoding() return the name of the coding this resource implements
java.util.List	getDependencies() return a List of NResourceDependency elements
java.lang.String	getDescription() return the textual description of this resource
java.lang.String	getID() return the ID of this resource
java.lang.String	getIncompatibleID() return the value of the 'notloadedwith' attribute - i.e.
NResourceGroup	getResourceGroup() return the NResourceGroup to which this NResource belongs
boolean	isDefault() return true if this resource has a 'default' attribute that is set to 'true'
void	setIncompatibleID(java.lang.String inc) set the value of the 'notloadedwith' attribute - i.e.

Method Detail

addDependency

void addDependency(java.lang.String res,
                   java.lang.String observation)

add a dependency with resource and observation (regexp) as Strings

addDependency

void addDependency(NResource res,
                   java.lang.String observation)

add a dependency with resource resolved and observation (regexp) as a String

getCoding

java.lang.String getCoding()

return the name of the coding this resource implements

getID

java.lang.String getID()

return the ID of this resource

getDependencies

java.util.List getDependencies()

return a List of NResourceDependency elements

getResourceGroup

NResourceGroup getResourceGroup()

return the NResourceGroup to which this NResource belongs

isDefault

boolean isDefault()

return true if this resource has a 'default' attribute that is set to 'true'

getDescription

java.lang.String getDescription()

return the textual description of this resource

getIncompatibleID

java.lang.String getIncompatibleID()

return the value of the 'notloadedwith' attribute - i.e. an ID of a resource that should never be loaded with this one.

setIncompatibleID

void setIncompatibleID(java.lang.String inc)

set the value of the 'notloadedwith' attribute - i.e. an ID of a resource that should never be loaded with this one.

dependsOn

boolean dependsOn(NResource depresource)

returns true if this resource can trace a dependency on the given resource for any observation (i.e. it has a direct or indirect dependency)