/*
* Copyright (c) 2005-2016 Vincent Vandenschrick. All rights reserved.
*
* This file is part of the Jspresso framework.
*
* Jspresso 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 3 of the License, or
* (at your option) any later version.
*
* Jspresso 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 Lesser General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
* along with Jspresso. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
*/
package org.jspresso.framework.util.automation;
/**
* Components implementing this interface can provide a permanent id for cross
* application run retrieval.
*
* @author Vincent Vandenschrick
*/
public interface IPermIdSource {
/**
* Gets the permId.
*
* @return the permId.
*/
String getPermId();
/**
* Sets the permanent identifier to this application element. Permanent
* identifiers are used by different framework parts, like dynamic security or
* record/replay controllers to uniquely identify an application element.
* Permanent identifiers are generated by the SJS build based on the element
* id but must be explicitly set if Spring XML is used.
*
* @param permId
* the permId.
*/
void setPermId(String permId);
}