/**
* Copyright 2009 Google Inc.
*
* 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.waveprotocol.wave.client.common.util;
/**
* Base View interface.
*
* @param <L> listener interface for this view.
*/
public interface View<L> {
interface Factory<V extends View<?>> extends org.waveprotocol.wave.client.common.util.Factory<V> {}
/**
* Initializes this view. The view is considered to be used until
* {@link #reset()}.
*
* @param listener listener for events broadcast by this view
*/
void init(L listener);
/**
* Releases this view from being used. It is up to each implementation type to
* define if this view is reusable after this method is called.
*/
void reset();
}