/*
* Copyright (C) 2012, Katy Hilgenberg.
* Special acknowledgments to: Knowledge & Data Engineering Group, University of Kassel (http://www.kde.cs.uni-kassel.de).
* Contact: sdcf@cs.uni-kassel.de
*
* This file is part of the SDCFramework (Sensor Data Collection Framework) project.
*
* The SDCFramework is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
* the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
* (at your option) any later version.
*
* The SDCFramework is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
* GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
* along with the SDCFramework. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
*/
package de.unikassel.android.sdcframework.preferences.facade;
import java.util.List;
import de.unikassel.android.sdcframework.preferences.StringPreference;
import de.unikassel.android.sdcframework.util.facade.TimeProviderErrorStrategyDescription;
/**
* Interface for a NTP time provider preference
*
* @author Katy Hilgenberg
*
*/
public interface TimeProviderPreference extends
SinglePreference< TimeProviderConfiguration >
{
/**
* Method to convert a list of providers to a preference entry of concatenated
* provider addresses.
*
* @param providers
* the list of the providers
* @return the provider preference entry
*/
public abstract String getProvidersEntryFromList( List< String > providers );
/**
* Getter for the providers preference
*
* @return the providers preference
*/
public abstract StringPreference getProvidersPreference();
/**
* Getter for the error strategy preference.
*
* @return the error strategy description preference
*/
public abstract SinglePreference< TimeProviderErrorStrategyDescription >
getErrorStrategyPreference();
}