001    /*
002      Copyright (C) 2001-2003 Laurent Martelli <laurent@aopsys.com>
003      
004      This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
005      it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
006      published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
007      License, or (at your option) any later version.
008    
009      This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
010      but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
011      MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
012      GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
013    
014      You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
015      along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
016      Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA */
017    
018    package org.objectweb.jac.aspects.gui.web;
019    
020    /**
021     * This interface defines an editor used by the WebDisplay.
022     *
023     * @see HTMLViewer
024     */
025    
026    public interface HTMLEditor extends HTMLViewer {
027    
028       /**
029        * Convert a parameter value (String or FileParameter) of an HTTP
030        * request parameter to an object.  
031        */
032       
033       boolean readValue(Object parameter);
034    
035       /**
036        * Commit the change made on the field by calling the setter
037        * method.
038        */
039       void commit();
040    
041       /**
042        * Sets an HTML attribute on the element
043        * @param name the attribute's name
044        * @param value the attribute's value
045        */
046       void setAttribute(String name, String value);
047    }