Application: gvSIG desktop

package org.gvsig.tools.dynobject;

import java.util.Iterator;

import java.util.List;

import org.gvsig.tools.dynobject.exception.DynMethodException;

import org.gvsig.tools.operations.OperationContext;

import org.gvsig.tools.operations.OperationException;

public interface DynObjectManager {

        public int NULLCODE = -1;

        public DynClass createDynClass(String name, String description);

        public boolean add(DynClass dynClass);

        public DynClass add(String name, String description);

        public DynClass add(String name);

        /**

         * Obtiene el la clase asociado al nombre indicado.

         *

         * @param name

         *            , nombre de la clase que queremos obtener.

         * @return la clase requerida.

         */

        public DynClass get(String name);

        /**

         * Comprueba si esta registrada una clase.

         *

         * @return true si la clase "name" esta registrada, false si no.

         */

        public boolean has(String name);

        /**

         * Obtiene el numero de clases registradas.

         *

         * @return

         */

        public int getCount();

        /**

         * Obtiene un iterador sobre las clases registradas.

         *

         * @return

         */

        public Iterator interator();

        /**

         * Obtiene la lista de nombres de las clases registradas.

         *

         * @return

         */

        public List getNames();

        /**

         * Crea un nuevo objeto asociandole como clase base la indicada como

         * parametro.

         *

         * @param dynClass

         * @return el nuevo DynObject

         */

        public DynObject createDynObject(DynClass dynClass);

        /**

         * Actualiza todas las DynClasses registradas para reflejar la 

         * herencia de forma adecuada. 

         */

        public void consolide();

        /**

         * Register the method in the dynClass.

         * 

         * @param dynClass class over the method is registred

         * @param dynMethod method to registry

         * @return unique code of method

         */

        public int registerDynMethod(DynClass dynClass, DynMethod dynMethod);

        /**

         * Register the method in the class.

         * 

         * @param theClass class over the method is registred

         * @param dynMethod method to registry

         * @return unique code of method

         */

        public int registerDynMethod(Class theClass, DynMethod dynMethod);

        /**

         * Obtain the method for the indicated code of the dynObject.

         * 

         * @param dynObject

         * @param code code of the requeted method

         * @return the required DynMethod

         * 

         * @throws DynMethodException

         */

        public DynMethod getDynMethod(DynObject dynObject, int code) throws DynMethodException ;

        public DynMethod getDynMethod(DynClass dynClass, int code) throws DynMethodException;

        public DynMethod getDynMethod(Object obj, int code) throws DynMethodException;

        public DynMethod getDynMethod(Class theClass, int code) throws DynMethodException;

        public DynMethod getDynMethod(int code) throws DynMethodException;

        /**

         * Invoke the method of the indicated code for the object self, with

         * parameters in context.

         * 

         * @param self object over the method is invoked

         * @param code code for the method to invoke

         * @param context paramters of method

         * @return return value for the method

         * @throws DynMethodException

         */

        public Object invokeDynMethod(Object self, int code, DynObject context) throws DynMethodException;

}