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authorBenjamin Culkin <scorpress@gmail.com>2024-05-19 17:56:33 -0400
committerBenjamin Culkin <scorpress@gmail.com>2024-05-19 17:56:33 -0400
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+/*
+Wotonomy: OpenStep design patterns for pure Java applications.
+Copyright (C) 2001 Michael Powers
+
+This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+License along with this library; if not, see http://www.gnu.org
+*/
+
+package net.wotonomy.control;
+
+import net.wotonomy.foundation.NSArray;
+import net.wotonomy.foundation.NSDictionary;
+
+/**
+* EOEnterpriseObject defines the required methods a data object
+* must implement to take full advantage of the control package.
+*
+* @author michael@mpowers.net
+* @author $Author: cgruber $
+* @version $Revision: 894 $
+*/
+public interface EOEnterpriseObject
+ extends EOKeyValueCodingAdditions,
+ EORelationshipManipulation,
+ EODeferredFaulting,
+ EOValidation
+{
+ /**
+ * Returns a List of all property keys defined on this object.
+ * This includes both attributes and relationships.
+ */
+ NSArray allPropertyKeys();
+
+ /**
+ * Returns a list of all attributes defined on this object.
+ * Attributes are all properties that are not relationships.
+ */
+ NSArray attributeKeys();
+
+ //void awakeFromClientUpdate(EOEditingContext aContext)
+
+ /**
+ * Called when the object has first been fetched into the
+ * specified editing context.
+ */
+ void awakeFromFetch(EOEditingContext anEditingContext);
+
+ /**
+ * Called when the object has been inserted into the
+ * specified editing context.
+ */
+ void awakeFromInsertion(EOEditingContext anEditingContext);
+
+ /**
+ * Returns a Map representing the delta of the current state
+ * from the state represented in the specified snapshot.
+ * The result will contain only the keys that have changed
+ * and their values. Relationship keys will map to an NSArray
+ * that contains an NSArray of added objects and an NSArray
+ * of removed objects, in that order.
+ */
+ NSDictionary changesFromSnapshot(NSDictionary snapshot);
+
+ /**
+ * Returns a class description for this object.
+ */
+ EOClassDescription classDescription();
+
+ /**
+ * Returns a class description for the object at the
+ * other end of the specified relationship key.
+ */
+ EOClassDescription classDescriptionForDestinationKey(String aKey);
+
+ /**
+ * Clears all property values for this object.
+ * This method is called to clean-up an object that
+ * will no longer be used, and implementations should
+ * ensure that all references are set to null to
+ * prevent problems with garbage-collection.
+ */
+ void clearProperties();
+
+ /**
+ * Returns the delete rule constant defined on EOClassDescription
+ * for the relationship defined by the specified key.
+ */
+ int deleteRuleForRelationshipKey(String aRelationshipKey);
+
+ /**
+ * Returns the editing context in which this object is registered.
+ */
+ EOEditingContext editingContext();
+
+ /**
+ * Returns the name of the entity that this object represents.
+ */
+ String entityName();
+
+ /**
+ * Returns a String containing all property keys and values for
+ * this object. Relationships should be represented by calling
+ * eoShallowDescription() on the object.
+ */
+ String eoDescription();
+
+ /**
+ * Returns a String containing all attribute keys and values for
+ * this object. Relationships are not included.
+ */
+ String eoShallowDescription();
+
+ /**
+ * Returns the key used to reference this object on the
+ * object at the other end of the specified relationship.
+ */
+ String inverseForRelationshipKey(String aRelationshipKey);
+
+ //Object invokeRemoteMethod(
+ // String aMethodName, Class[] aTypeArray Object[] anArgumentArray)
+
+ /**
+ * Returns whether the specified relationship key represents
+ * a to-many relationship.
+ */
+ boolean isToManyKey(String aKey);
+
+ /**
+ * Returns whether the objects at the other end of the specified
+ * relationship should be deleted when this object is deleted.
+ */
+ boolean ownsDestinationObjectsForRelationshipKey(String aKey);
+
+ //void prepareValuesForClient()
+
+ /**
+ * Called to perform the delete propagation for this object
+ * on the specified editing context. All relationships
+ * should be processed according to their corresponding
+ * delete rule.
+ */
+ void propagateDeleteWithEditingContext(EOEditingContext aContext);
+
+ /**
+ * Applies the changes from the specified snapshot to
+ * this object.
+ * @see #changesFromSnapshot(NSDictionary)
+ */
+ void reapplyChangesFromDictionary(NSDictionary aDeltaSnapshot);
+
+ /**
+ * Returns a snapshot of the current state of this object.
+ * All property keys are mapped to their values; nulls are
+ * represented by NSNull.
+ */
+ NSDictionary snapshot();
+
+ /**
+ * Returns a List of the to-many relationship keys
+ * for this object.
+ */
+ NSArray toManyRelationshipKeys();
+
+ /**
+ * Returns a List of the to-one relationship keys
+ * for this object.
+ */
+ NSArray toOneRelationshipKeys();
+
+ /**
+ * Applies the specified snapshot to this object,
+ * converting NSNulls to null and calling
+ * takeStoredValueForKey for each key in the Map.
+ */
+ void updateFromSnapshot(NSDictionary aSnapshot);
+
+ /**
+ * Returns a short, stateful string representation
+ * of this object.
+ */
+ String userPresentableDescription();
+
+ /**
+ * This method should be implemented to call
+ * EOObserverCenter.objectWillChange( this ),
+ * and it should be called by each setter method
+ * on this object before changes are made to the
+ * object's internal state.
+ */
+ void willChange();
+}
+
+/*
+ * $Log$
+ * Revision 1.2 2006/02/16 16:47:14 cgruber
+ * Move some classes in to "internal" packages and re-work imports, etc.
+ *
+ * Also use UnsupportedOperationExceptions where appropriate, instead of WotonomyExceptions.
+ *
+ * Revision 1.1 2006/02/16 13:19:57 cgruber
+ * Check in all sources in eclipse-friendly maven-enabled packages.
+ *
+ * Revision 1.1 2001/11/13 04:13:59 mpowers
+ * Added interfaces needed to begin work on EOCustomObject.
+ *
+ *
+ */
+
+