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/**
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* Copyright (C) 2007 EDIT
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* European Distributed Institute of Taxonomy
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* http://www.e-taxonomy.eu
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*
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* The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version 1.1
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* See LICENSE.TXT at the top of this package for the full license terms.
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*/
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package eu.etaxonomy.taxeditor.ui.element;
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/**
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* IRelevantFormElement interface.
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*
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* @author n.hoffmann
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* @created May 10, 2010
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*/
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public interface ICacheRelevantFormElement {
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/**
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* Update the relevance state of the element.
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* Usually the results in a color change.
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* Containers may sent this to their subelements.
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*/
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public void updateCacheRelevance();
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/**
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* Registers this element as being dependend on the
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* given cache element (ToggleableTextElement).
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* An element may depend on multiple cache elements.
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*/
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public void addDependsOnCache(ToggleableTextElement toggleElement);
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/**
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* Computes the cache relevance for this element.
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* The cache relevance depends on the registered cache elements
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* and on their state.
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*/
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public CacheRelevance cacheRelevance();
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}
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