/**
* ***************************************************************************
* Copyright (c) 2010 Qcadoo Limited
* Project: Qcadoo Framework
* Version: 1.4
*
* This file is part of Qcadoo.
*
* Qcadoo is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published
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*
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* See the GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
*
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* ***************************************************************************
*/
package com.qcadoo.view.internal.api;
import java.util.Map;
/**
* ContainerState is a instance of single view element which can contain other components. Form more informations see
*
* @link com.qcadoo.view.api.ComponentState}.
*
* @since 0.4.0
*
* @see com.qcadoo.view.api.ComponentState
* @see com.qcadoo.view.internal.api.ContainerPattern
*/
public interface ContainerState extends InternalComponentState {
/**
* Returns map of all children components of this component by pair name -> component
*
* @return map of all children components
*/
Map<String, InternalComponentState> getChildren();
/**
* Returns child component with specified name or null if no such component can be found
*
* @param name
* name of child component
* @return child component with specified name
*/
InternalComponentState getChild(String name);
/**
* Adds new child to this component
*
* @param state
* child to add
*/
void addChild(InternalComponentState state);
/**
* Returns child component with specified name or null if no such component found
*
* @param name
* name of component
* @return component with specified name
*
* @throws NullPointerException
* if name is null
*/
InternalComponentState findChild(String name);
}