de.jaret.util.infoprovider
Interface JaretInfoProvider

All Known Implementing Classes:

JavaSystemInfoProvider, SWTInfoProvider

public interface JaretInfoProvider

Interface for an information provider providing hirarchical structured information in a key/value fashion .

Version:

$Id: JaretInfoProvider.java 242 2007-02-11 21:05:07Z olk $

Author:

Peter Kliem

Method Summary

void	addSubInfoProvider(JaretInfoProvider infoProvider) Add an information provider as a sub information provider
int	getAccess() Access to the information provided by this infoprovider
String	getInfoProviderName() Give a human readable name for the information provider
List<JaretInfoProvider>	getSubInfoProviders() List of subinformation providers registered to this info provider
List<SysInfoEntry>	getSysInfoEntries() return a list of the info entries
void	remSubInfoProvider(JaretInfoProvider infoProvider) Remove agegsitered sub infoprovider

Method Detail

getInfoProviderName

String getInfoProviderName()

Give a human readable name for the information provider

Returns:

Name to be displayed

getAccess

int getAccess()

Access to the information provided by this infoprovider

Returns:

one of the JaretAccess constants

getSysInfoEntries

List<SysInfoEntry> getSysInfoEntries()

return a list of the info entries

Returns:

List of the information as SysInfoEntries

getSubInfoProviders

List<JaretInfoProvider> getSubInfoProviders()

List of subinformation providers registered to this info provider

Returns:

List of the registered infoprovders

addSubInfoProvider

void addSubInfoProvider(JaretInfoProvider infoProvider)

Add an information provider as a sub information provider

Parameters:

infoProvider - infoprovider to be added

remSubInfoProvider

void remSubInfoProvider(JaretInfoProvider infoProvider)

Remove agegsitered sub infoprovider

Parameters:

infoProvider - infoprovider to be removed