com.toolsverse.util

Interface Mutable

All Known Subinterfaces:

Model, UpdateList<E>

All Known Implementing Classes:

ModelImpl, PojoWrapper, UpdateArrayList

public interface Mutable

An interface that represents and controls the state of the mutable object. The possible states are:

dirty - object has changed
baselined - object has not been changed or are in the most recent coherent state.

An example would be a controller class which makes button enabled when model has changed (has a dirty status) and disables it when model has been saved on the hard drive and status changed on baselined.

Since:

2.0

Version:

2.0

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	baseline() Sets the state of the mutable object to baselined.
boolean	isDirty() Checks if object has changed but hasn't been baselined.
void	setDirty(boolean value) Sets the state of the object to dirty or baselined

Method Detail

baseline

void baseline()

Sets the state of the mutable object to baselined.

isDirty

boolean isDirty()

Checks if object has changed but hasn't been baselined.

Returns:

true, if object is dirty

setDirty

void setDirty(boolean value)

Sets the state of the object to dirty or baselined

Parameters:

value - if true the state of the object will be set to dirty, otherwise to baselined.