eu.etaxonomy.taxeditor.store/src/main/java/eu/etaxonomy/taxeditor/ui/element/ICacheRelevantFormElement.java

   1 /**
   2 * Copyright (C) 2007 EDIT
   3 * European Distributed Institute of Taxonomy
   4 * http://www.e-taxonomy.eu
   5 *
   6 * The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version 1.1
   7 * See LICENSE.TXT at the top of this package for the full license terms.
   8 */
   9 package eu.etaxonomy.taxeditor.ui.element;
  10
  11 /**
  12  * IRelevantFormElement interface.
  13  *
  14  * @author n.hoffmann
  15  * @created May 10, 2010
  16  */
  17 public interface ICacheRelevantFormElement {
  18
  19         /**
  20          * Update the relevance state of the element.
  21          * Usually the results in a color change.
  22          * Containers may sent this to their subelements.
  23          */
  24         public void updateCacheRelevance();
  25
  26         /**
  27          * Registers this element as being dependend on the
  28          * given cache element (ToggleableTextElement).
  29          * An element may depend on multiple cache elements.
  30          */
  31         public void addDependsOnCache(ToggleableTextElement toggleElement);
  32
  33         /**
  34          * Computes the cache relevance for this element.
  35          * The cache relevance depends on the registered cache elements
  36          * and on their state.
  37          */
  38         public CacheRelevance cacheRelevance();
  39
  40 }