01: /*
02: * (C) Copyright 2000 - 2005 Nabh Information Systems, Inc.
03: *
04: * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
05: * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
06: * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
07: * of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
08: *
09: * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
10: * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
11: * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
12: * GNU General Public License for more details.
13: *
14: * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
15: * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
16: * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
17: *
18: */
19:
20: package com.nabhinc.ws.core;
21:
22: /**
23: * Base interface for all system objects in Web services framework.
24: * It defines methods for getting and setting object properties, and
25: * a <code>destroy</code> that indicates end of the lifecycle.
26: *
27: * @author Padmanabh Dabke
28: * (c) 2005 Nabh Information Systems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
29: */
30: public interface BaseObject {
31:
32: /**
33: * Assigns new properties to the object. Note that we do not
34: * need all information contained in the ProperyInfo objects
35: * (e.g., prompt), but we didn't really want to define
36: * another class.
37: * @param props An array of PropertyInfo objects that provide
38: * property names. values, etc.
39: */
40: void setProperties(PropertyInfo[] props) throws WebServiceException;
41:
42: /**
43: * Indicates that the object will no longer be used. Should perform
44: * finalization operations, and unload it from memory.
45: */
46: void destroy();
47:
48: }
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