/*
* RHQ Management Platform
* Copyright (C) 2009-2010 Red Hat, Inc.
* All rights reserved.
*
* 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 2 of the License.
*
* 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.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
* along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
* Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
*/
package org.rhq.core.gui.model;
import org.rhq.core.domain.util.PageControl;
import org.rhq.core.domain.util.PageList;
/**
* A class that is able to return a paged, and optionally sorted, set of domain objects of type {@link T}}. Paging and
* sorting are done as specified by a provided {@link PageControl page control}.
*
* @param <T> the domain object type (e.g. org.rhq.core.domain.Resource)
*/
public interface PagedDataProvider<T> {
/**
* @param pageControl the page control that specifies which page to fetch and what field(s) to sort by
*
* @return List<T> the requested page, which also includes the total size of the data set
*/
PageList<T> getDataPage(PageControl pageControl);
}