eu.etaxonomy.taxeditor.store/src/main/java/eu/etaxonomy/taxeditor/model/IDirtyMarkable.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
  10 package eu.etaxonomy.taxeditor.model;
  11
  12
  13 /**
  14  * Interface for handling the current "dirty" state of an object. An object is
  15  * dirty when changes are done but not saved/persisted yet.
  16  *
  17  * @author n.hoffmann
  18  * @created Mar 8, 2010
  19  * @version 1.0
  20  */
  21 public interface IDirtyMarkable {
  22
  23         /**
  24          * Sets the implementor to the "dirty" state specifying the object that was changed.
  25          *
  26          * @param element the element that was changed causing the "dirty" state.
  27          */
  28         public abstract void changed(Object element);
  29
  30         /**
  31          * Forces the implementing class to be set to the "dirty" state.
  32          */
  33         public abstract void forceDirty();
  34 }