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Interface NetList

public interface NetList

A list comprising of homenetwork elements such as Device or NetModule. The application may retrieve such a list from NetManager, getNetModules * or getDevices. The application may refine the list by applying a PropertyFilter.

Method Summary

boolean	contains(Object element) Indicates whether an element is included in this NetList.
NetList	filterElement(PropertyFilter filter) Applies a new PropertyFilter to this element list and returns a new list.
Object	getElement(int index) Returns the element indexed by a number.
Enumeration	getElements() Returns all elements in this NetList in Enumeration.
int	indexOf(Object element) Returns the index of an element in this element list.
int	size() Returns the size of this list.

Method Detail

contains

boolean contains(Object element)

Indicates whether an element is included in this NetList.

Parameters:

element - the element to check whether it is in the list

Returns:

true if the element is in the list; otherwise false.

getElement

Object getElement(int index)

Returns the element indexed by a number.

Parameters:

index - specified index of the element

Returns:

element indexed by the number

getElements

Enumeration getElements()

Returns all elements in this NetList in Enumeration. In Homenetwork, NetList can be used to retrieve a list of Devices or a list of NetModules. In either case, a corresponding type of object is returned.

Returns:

An enumeration of Device or NetModule elements

filterElement

NetList filterElement(PropertyFilter filter)

Applies a new PropertyFilter to this element list and returns a new list.

Parameters:

filter - new filter

Returns:

new element list generated by new filter

See Also:

PropertyFilter

indexOf

int indexOf(Object element)

Returns the index of an element in this element list.

Parameters:

element - to be checked

Returns:

index of an element in this list. If there is no such element in this list, returns -1.

size

int size()

Returns the size of this list.

Returns:

size of the element list