bibliothek.gui.dock.support.util
Interface ApplicationResource

public interface ApplicationResource

A resource that is created by the application and is stored persistent by the ApplicationResourceManager.

Author:

Benjamin Sigg

Method Summary

void	read(java.io.DataInputStream in) Reads the content of this resource from a stream of bytes.
void	readXML(XElement element) Reads the contents of this resource from a xml element.
void	write(java.io.DataOutputStream out) Transforms this resource in a stream of bytes.
void	writeXML(XElement element) Writes the contents of this resource in xml format.

Method Detail

write

void write(java.io.DataOutputStream out)
           throws java.io.IOException

Transforms this resource in a stream of bytes.

Parameters:

out - the stream to write into

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if the operation can't be completed

read

void read(java.io.DataInputStream in)
          throws java.io.IOException

Reads the content of this resource from a stream of bytes.

Parameters:

in - the stream to read from

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if the operation can't be finished

writeXML

void writeXML(XElement element)

Writes the contents of this resource in xml format.

Parameters:

element - the element to write into, the attributes of element should not be changed.

readXML

void readXML(XElement element)

Reads the contents of this resource from a xml element.

Parameters:

element - the element to read from.