/*
* Copyright (C) 2009 JavaRosa
*
* 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 org.openrosa.client.jr.core.model;
import org.openrosa.client.jr.core.util.externalizable.Externalizable;
/**
* An IDataReference is a reference to a value in a data
* model.
*
* @author Clayton Sims
*/
public interface IDataReference extends Externalizable {
/**
* @return The data reference value
*/
Object getReference ();
/**
* @param reference the data reference value to be set
*/
void setReference (Object reference);
// /**
// * @param reference A reference to be evaluated against this reference
// * @return true if the given data reference is associated with the same
// * data value as this reference.
// */
// boolean referenceMatches(IDataReference reference);
//
// /**
// * @return a new object that is a copy of this data reference
// */
// IDataReference clone();
}