net.sf.composite.extract
Interface ComponentAccessor

All Known Implementing Classes:

BaseComponentAccessor, BasePropertyComponentAccessor, ContainerPropertyComponentAccessor

public interface ComponentAccessor

Provides an interface for reading and writing the components of a composite.

Since:

Mar 11, 2005

Author:

Matt Sgarlata

Method Summary

java.util.List	getComponents(java.lang.Object composite) Extracts the components from a composite.
void	setComponents(java.lang.Object composite, java.util.List components) Sets the components in a composite.

Method Detail

getComponents

java.util.List getComponents(java.lang.Object composite)
                             throws ComponentAccessorException

Extracts the components from a composite.

Parameters:

composite - the composite from which the components will be extracted

Returns:

the components

Throws:

ComponentAccessorException - if the components could not be extracted for some reason

setComponents

void setComponents(java.lang.Object composite,
                   java.util.List components)
                   throws ComponentAccessorException

Sets the components in a composite.

Parameters:

composite - the composite for which the components will be set

components - the components

Throws:

ComponentAccessorException - if the components could not be set for some reason