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1   /* (c) Copyright 2003 Caleigo AB, All rights reserved. 
2    * 
3    * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
4    * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
5    * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
6    * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
7    * 
8    * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
9    * 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  
19  package org.caleigo.core;
20  
21  /*** The IDataConsumer interface provides two simple methods imput identifiable
22   * data int an object.
23   *
24   * Note that interface is type-inspecific but that implemnting consumer object
25   * may wery well be. Te consumer object may rejct the data provided to it.
26   *
27   *
28   * @author  Dennis Zikovic
29   * @version 1.00
30   *
31   *//*
32   *
33   * WHEN        WHO               WHY & WHAT
34   * ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
35   * 2002-09-10  Dennis Zikovic    Creation
36   */
37  public interface IDataConsumer
38  {
39      // Methods -----------------------------------------------------------------
40      
41      /*** Sets the data identified by the provided code name.
42       */
43      public void setData(String codeName, Object value);
44      
45      /*** This method implies to the called object to fetch all data it can 
46       * consume from the provided IDataProvider object.
47       */    
48      public void setData(IDataProvider dataProvider);
49  
50  }