/*
* (c) Copyright Hewlett-Packard Company 2001
* This program 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 2 of the License, or
* (at your option) any later version.
*
* 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 and no warranty
* that the program does not infringe the Intellectual Property rights of
* a third party. 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 this library; if not, write to the
* Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
* Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
*
*/
package jade.wrapper;
/**
* Defines the interface to all concrete implementations of state representation.
<br>
<b>NOT available in MIDP</b>
<br>
* @author Kevin A. Minder, David Bell, Dick Cowan : Hewlett-Packard
*/
public interface State {
/**
* Returns the name of the state.
* This method will never return null.
* @return The descriptive name of the state.
*/
public String getName();
/**
* Return the integer code assigned to the state.
* @return The integer code assigned to the state.
*/
public int getCode();
/**
* Return string representation of state description and its code.
* @return String representation of this state.
*/
public String toString();
}