org.openbp.guiclient.model.item.itemfinder
Interface FinderEngine

All Known Implementing Classes:

FinderEngineImpl

public interface FinderEngine

Interface, that all finder engine must implement

Author:

Baumgartner Michael

Method Summary

java.util.List	createReferenceList(ModelObject core, java.util.List modelList) Create a list of ModelObject that references the specified item.
void	registerFinder(java.lang.Class modelObjectClass, Finder finder) Register a finder for a special model object class e\.g\. an initial node.
void	registerFinder(ItemTypeDescriptor itemType, Finder finder) Register a finder for a special item type.
void	registerFinder(java.lang.String itemType, Finder finder) Register a finder for a special item type.

Method Detail

createReferenceList

java.util.List createReferenceList(ModelObject core,
                                   java.util.List modelList)

Create a list of ModelObject that references the specified item.

Parameters:

core - The model object to lookup

modelList - List with all models to search, if the list is null, then all top-level models are searched

Returns:

List with all found references containing ModelObject objects. If none where found null is returned

registerFinder

void registerFinder(java.lang.String itemType,
                    Finder finder)

Register a finder for a special item type.

Parameters:

itemType - The item type

finder - The finder

registerFinder

void registerFinder(ItemTypeDescriptor itemType,
                    Finder finder)

Register a finder for a special item type.

Parameters:

itemType - The item type

finder - The finder

registerFinder

void registerFinder(java.lang.Class modelObjectClass,
                    Finder finder)

Register a finder for a special model object class e\.g\. an initial node.

Parameters:

modelObjectClass - The class to register the finder with

finder - The finder