1 /* Copyright (c) 2003,2004, Stefan Haustein, Oberhausen, Rhld., Germany 2 * 3 * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy 4 * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal 5 * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights 6 * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or 7 * sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is 8 * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: 9 * 10 * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in 11 * all copies or substantial portions of the Software. 12 * 13 * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR 14 * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, 15 * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE 16 * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER 17 * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING 18 * FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS 19 * IN THE SOFTWARE. 20 * 21 * Contributor(s): John D. Beatty, F. Hunter, Renaud Tognelli 22 * 23 * */ 24 25 package org.ksoap2.serialization; 26 27 import java.util.Hashtable; 28 29 /** 30 * Provides get and set methods for properties. Can be used to replace 31 * reflection (to some extend) for "serialization-aware" classes. Currently used 32 * in kSOAP and the RMS based kobjects object repository 33 */ 34 35 public interface KvmSerializable { 36 37 /** 38 * Get the property at the given index 39 */ getProperty(int index)40 Object getProperty(int index); 41 42 /** 43 * @return the number of serializable properties 44 */ getPropertyCount()45 int getPropertyCount(); 46 47 /** 48 * Sets the property with the given index to the given value. 49 * 50 * @param index 51 * the index to be set 52 * @param value 53 * the value of the property 54 */ setProperty(int index, Object value)55 void setProperty(int index, Object value); 56 57 /** 58 * Fills the given property info record. 59 * 60 * @param index 61 * the index to be queried 62 * @param properties 63 * information about the (de)serializer. Not frequently used. 64 * @param info 65 * The return parameter, to be filled with information about the 66 * property with the given index. 67 */ getPropertyInfo(int index, Hashtable properties, PropertyInfo info)68 void getPropertyInfo(int index, Hashtable properties, PropertyInfo info); 69 70 } 71