| // Copyright 2004 The Apache Software Foundation |
| // |
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| |
| package org.apache.tapestry.contrib.table.model; |
| |
| import java.io.Serializable; |
| |
| /** |
| * An interface responsible for determining <b>what</b> data would be stored |
| * in the session between requests. |
| * It could be only the table state, it could be entire table including the data, |
| * or it could be nothing at all. |
| * It is all determined by the implemention of this interface. |
| * |
| * @version $Id$ |
| * @author mindbridge |
| */ |
| public interface ITableSessionStateManager |
| { |
| |
| /** |
| * Method getSessionState extracts the "persistent" portion of the table model |
| * @param objModel the table model to extract the session state from |
| * @return Object the session state to be saved between the requests |
| */ |
| Serializable getSessionState(ITableModel objModel); |
| |
| /** |
| * Method recreateTableModel recreates a table model from the saved session state |
| * @param objState the saved session state |
| * @return ITableModel the recreated table model |
| */ |
| ITableModel recreateTableModel(Serializable objState); |
| } |
