01: /*
02: * Copyright 2001-2006 C:1 Financial Services GmbH
03: *
04: * This software is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
05: * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
06: * License Version 2.1, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
07: *
08: * This software is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
09: * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
10: * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
11: * Lesser General Public License for more details.
12: *
13: * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
14: * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
15: * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA
16: */
17:
18: package de.finix.contelligent.core;
19:
20: /**
21: * A <code>PropertyType</code> can be used as property within a
22: * {@link Component}.
23: *
24: * <BR>
25: * A class implementing this interface must also implement the following public
26: * class method, which returns a new instance of the class object initialized to
27: * the value of the specified String.
28: *
29: * <PRE>
30: *
31: * static public PropertyType valueOf(String s);
32: *
33: * </PRE>
34: *
35: * See {@link ComponentPath#valueOf} as an example.
36: */
37: public interface PropertyType {
38: String toString();
39:
40: boolean equals(Object o);
41:
42: int hashCode();
43:
44: // static public PropertyType valueOf(String s);
45:
46: }
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