/* license-start
*
* Copyright (C) 2008 - 2013 Crispico, <http://www.crispico.com/>.
*
* This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
* the Free Software Foundation version 3.
*
* This program 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 General Public License for more details, at <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
*
* Contributors:
* Crispico - Initial API and implementation
*
* license-end
*/
package org.flowerplatform.properties.providers;
import java.util.List;
import org.flowerplatform.communication.service.ServiceInvocationContext;
import org.flowerplatform.properties.remote.Property;
import org.flowerplatform.properties.remote.SelectedItem;
/**
* @author Razvan Tache
*/
public interface IPropertiesProvider {
public List<String> getPropertyNames();
public Property getProperty(SelectedItem selectedItem, String propertyName);
public List<Property> getProperties(SelectedItem selectedItem);
/**
* @return Should return <code>true</code> if the operation was successful. <code>false</code> otherwise (e.g. if
* the underlying lock mechanism fails). In this case, the client will request the original value, to update the UI.
*
* @author Razvan Tache
* @author Cristian Spiescu
*/
public boolean setProperty(ServiceInvocationContext context, SelectedItem selectedItem, String propertyName, Object propertyValue);
}