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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;
+
+/**
+* EOFaulting defines the requirements for objects that 
+* can be faulted by an EOFaultManager.
+*
+* @author michael@mpowers.net
+* @author $Author: cgruber $
+* @version $Revision: 893 $
+*/
+public interface EOFaulting 
+{
+    /**
+    * Called by EOFaultHandler to prepare the object to be turned into a fault. 
+    */
+    void clearFault();
+    
+    /**
+    * Returns this object's EOFaultHandler.
+    */
+    EOFaultHandler faultHandler();
+    
+    /**
+    * Returns whether this object is currently a fault.
+    * Returns true if this object has not yet retrieved any values.
+    */
+    boolean isFault();
+    
+    /**
+    * Turns this object into a fault using the specified fault handler.
+    */
+    void turnIntoFault( EOFaultHandler aFaultHandler );
+    
+    /**
+    * Called to completely fire the fault, reading all values.
+    * This method may be implemented to call willRead(null).
+    */
+    void willRead();
+    
+    /**
+    * Called to fire the fault for the specified key.  
+    * The fault manager is required to populate the specified key
+    * with a value, and may populate any or all of the other values
+    * on this object.  A null key will populate all values on the object.
+    * NOTE: This method is not part of the specification.
+    */
+    void willRead( String aKey );
+}
+
+/*
+ * $Log$
+ * 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.
+ *
+ *
+ */
+    
+