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001:        /*
002:
003:        This software is OSI Certified Open Source Software.
004:        OSI Certified is a certification mark of the Open Source Initiative.
005:
006:        The license (Mozilla version 1.0) can be read at the MMBase site.
007:        See http://www.MMBase.org/license
008:
009:         */
010:        package org.mmbase.bridge;
011:
012:        import org.mmbase.util.LocalizedString;
013:        import java.util.*;
014:
015:        /**
016:         * XXX A descriptor does not describe. It has descriptions. Perhaps 'UserPresentable'?
017:         * @since MMBase-1.8
018:         */
019:        public interface Descriptor {
020:
021:            /**
022:             * Returns the name or 'key' of this object, or <code>null</code> if not applicable.
023:             * @return the name as a String
024:             */
025:            public String getName();
026:
027:            // XXX mm
028:            // 5 methods for one property
029:            // I propose to replace it with one:
030:            // LocalizedString getGUIName(); (or perhaps for backwards compatibliy with Field getLocalizedGUIName)
031:            // That was the point of LocalizedString.
032:
033:            /**
034:             * Returns the GUI name for this object.
035:             *
036:             * @return  the GUI name for this object
037:             */
038:            public String getGUIName();
039:
040:            /**
041:             * Returns the GUI name for this object in a specified preferred language.
042:             *
043:             * @param locale the locale that determines the language for the GUI name
044:             * @return  the GUI name for this object
045:             * @since MMBase-1.7
046:             */
047:            public String getGUIName(Locale locale);
048:
049:            /**
050:             * Returns the set of (localized) gui names of this object.
051:             * @return the description as a LocalizedString
052:             */
053:            public LocalizedString getLocalizedGUIName();
054:
055:            /**
056:             * Sets the GUI name of this object.
057:             * @param locale The locale for which this is valid, or <code>null</code> for the default locale.
058:             * @param g the description as a String
059:             */
060:            public void setGUIName(String g, Locale locale);
061:
062:            /**
063:             * Sets the GUI name of this object for the default locale.
064:             * @param g the description as a String
065:             */
066:            public void setGUIName(String g);
067:
068:            // XXX mm:
069:            /// 6 (!) methods just for one property!
070:            // I would propose to replace this with one: 
071:            // LocalizedString getDescription() (or perhaps for backwards compatibliy with Field getLocalizedDescription)
072:            // That was the whole point of LocalizedString.
073:
074:            /**
075:             * Returns the set of (localized) descriptions of this object.
076:             * @return the description as a LocalizedString
077:             */
078:            public LocalizedString getLocalizedDescription();
079:
080:            /**
081:             * Returns the description of this object.
082:             * @param locale The locale for which this must be returned, or <code>null</code> for a default locale.
083:             *               If no fitting description for the given locale is available, getName() can be returned.
084:             * @return the description as a String
085:             */
086:            public String getDescription(Locale locale);
087:
088:            /**
089:             * Returns the description of this object for the default locale.
090:             * @return the description as a String
091:             */
092:            public String getDescription();
093:
094:            /**
095:             * Sets the description of this object.
096:             * @param description the description as a String
097:             * @param locale The locale for which this is valid, or <code>null</code> for a default locale.
098:             */
099:            public void setDescription(String description, Locale locale);
100:
101:            /**
102:             * Sets the description of this object for the default locale.
103:             * @param description the description as a String
104:             */
105:            public void setDescription(String description);
106:
107:        }
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