eu.etaxonomy.taxeditor.store/src/main/java/eu/etaxonomy/taxeditor/model/IDirtyMarkable.java

   1 // $Id$
   2 /**
   3 * Copyright (C) 2007 EDIT
   4 * European Distributed Institute of Taxonomy
   5 * http://www.e-taxonomy.eu
   6 *
   7 * The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version 1.1
   8 * See LICENSE.TXT at the top of this package for the full license terms.
   9 */
  10
  11 package eu.etaxonomy.taxeditor.model;
  12
  13
  14 /**
  15  * Interface for handling the current "dirty" state of an object. An object is
  16  * dirty when changes are done but not saved/persisted yet.
  17  *
  18  * @author n.hoffmann
  19  * @created Mar 8, 2010
  20  * @version 1.0
  21  */
  22 public interface IDirtyMarkable {
  23
  24         /**
  25          * Sets the implementor to the "dirty" state specifying the object that was changed.
  26          *
  27          * @param element the element that was changed causing the "dirty" state.
  28          */
  29         public abstract void changed(Object element);
  30
  31         /**
  32          * Forces the implementing class to be set to the "dirty" state.
  33          */
  34         public abstract void forceDirty();
  35 }