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Patric Plitzner
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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.model;
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/**
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* Interface for handling the current "dirty" state of an object. An object is
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* dirty when changes are done but not saved/persisted yet.
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*
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* @author n.hoffmann
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* @created Mar 8, 2010
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* @version 1.0
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*/
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public interface IDirtyMarkable {
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/**
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* Sets the implementor to the "dirty" state specifying the object that was changed.
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*
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* @param element the element that was changed causing the "dirty" state.
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*/
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public abstract void changed(Object element);
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/**
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* Forces the implementing class to be set to the "dirty" state.
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*/
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public abstract void forceDirty();
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}
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