GenericListModel.java

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package de.aidger.view.models;

import de.aidger.model.Observer;
import de.aidger.model.AbstractModel;
import de.aidger.view.tabs.ViewerTab.DataType;

/**
 * An interface for all swing models.
 * 
 * @author aidGer Team
 */
public interface GenericListModel extends Observer {

    /**
     * Returns the type of the displayed data.
     * 
     * @return the type of the displayed data
     */
    public DataType getDataType();
    
    /**
     * Adds a model to the listModel.
     * 
     * @param model
     *          The model to add to the list. Does not add if model already exists in the list.
     */
    public void addModel(AbstractModel model);
    
    /**
     * Removes the model with the specified id from the list.
     * 
     * @param id
     *          The id of the model to remove.
     */
    public void removeModelById(long id);
}