| // Copyright 2004 The Apache Software Foundation |
| // |
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| |
| package org.apache.tapestry.contrib.table.model; |
| |
| import org.apache.tapestry.IComponent; |
| |
| /** |
| * A Tapestry component that provides the current table model. |
| * This interface is used for obtaining the table model source by |
| * components wrapped by it, as well as by external renderers, |
| * such as those provided by the column implementations |
| * |
| * @version $Id$ |
| * @author mindbridge |
| */ |
| public interface ITableModelSource extends IComponent |
| { |
| final static String TABLE_MODEL_SOURCE_ATTRIBUTE = "org.apache.tapestry.contrib.table.model.ITableModelSource"; |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns the table model currently used |
| * @return ITableModel the current table model |
| */ |
| ITableModel getTableModel(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Notifies the model source that the model state has changed, and |
| * that it should consider saving it.<p> |
| * This method was added to allow using the table within a Block when |
| * the pageBeginRender() listener of the implementation will not be called |
| * and automatic state storage will therefore be hard to implement. |
| */ |
| void fireObservedStateChange(); |
| } |