annotate java/src/uk/ac/qmul/eecs/ccmi/diagrammodel/CollectionModel.java @ 0:9418ab7b7f3f

Initial import

/*  
 CCmI Editor - A Collaborative Cross-Modal Diagram Editing Tool
  
 Copyright (C) 2011  Queen Mary University of London (http://ccmi.eecs.qmul.ac.uk/)

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*/
package uk.ac.qmul.eecs.ccmi.diagrammodel;

import java.util.Collection;

import javax.swing.event.ChangeListener;

/**
 * 
 * Represents the collection side of a DiagramModel instance. 
 *
 * @param <N> a type extending DiagramNode
 * @param <E> a type extending DiagramEdge
 */
public interface CollectionModel<N extends DiagramNode, E extends DiagramEdge> {
	/**
	 * Adds a collection listener to the model.  
	 * @param listener the listener to be added
	 */
	void addCollectionListener(CollectionListener listener);
	/**
	 * Removed a collection listener to the model.  
	 * @param listener the listener to be removed
	 */
	void removeCollectionListener (CollectionListener listener);
	
	/**
	 * insert a DiagramNode into the diagram model
	 * @param n the DiagramNode to be inserted in the collection
	 * @return true if this collection changed as a result of the call
	 */
	boolean insert(N n) ;
	
	/**
	 * insert a DiagramEdge into the diagram model
	 * @param e the DiagramNode to be inserted in the collection
	 * @return true if this collection changed as a result of the call
	 */
	boolean insert(E e);
	
	/**
	 * Removes a DiagramElement from the model
	 * @param e the diagramElement to be removed
	 * @return true if this collection changed as a result of the call
	 */
	boolean takeOut(DiagramElement e);
	
	/**
	 * Returns the diagram nodes contained by the model as a Collection  
	 * @return the collection of diagram nodes
	 */
	Collection<N> getNodes();
	
	/**
	 * Returns the diagram edges contained by the model as a Collection  
	 * @return the collection of diagram edges
	 */
	Collection<E> getEdges();
	
	/**
	 * return a list of nodes and edges in the model as a unique collection 
	 * of Diagram elements. 
	 * @return
	 */
	Collection<DiagramElement> getElements();
	
	/**
	 * Add a change listener to the model. the listeners will be fired each time the model 
	 * goes from the unmodified to modified state. The model is modified when a either a 
	 * node or an edge are inserted or removed or changed when they are within the model.    
	 * @param l a ChangeListener to add to the model  
	 */
	void addChangeListener(ChangeListener l);
	
	/**
	 * Removes a change listener from the model. 
	 * @param l a ChangeListener to remove from the model
	 */
	void removeChangeListener(ChangeListener l);
	
	/**
	 * Returns true if the model has been modified
	 * @return true if the model has been modified
	 */
	boolean isModified();
	
	/**
	 * Sets the model as unmodified. This entails that {@link #isModified()} will return 
	 * false unless the model doesn't get modified again. After this call a new modification
	 * of the model would trigger the associated change listeners again. 
	 */
	void setUnmodified();
	
	/**
	 * Sorts the nodes and edges is the model. The ordering method is given by a diagram 
	 * element comparator.
	 * @see DiagramElementComparator
	 */
	void sort();
	
	/**
	 * Returns an object that can be used to access the nodes and edges (via {@link #getNodes()}
	 * and {@link #getEdges()} in a synchronized block. The monitor is guaranteed to give 
	 * exclusive access even in regards to the access via the tree side of the model.  
	 * @return
	 */
	Object getMonitor();

}