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Interface DecomposeableHandle<H>

Type Parameters:

H - The type of the handle.

All Known Subinterfaces:

DecomposeableHandle.DecomposeAutomatonHandle<H>

public interface DecomposeableHandle<H>

The DecomposeableHandle interface defines those methods related to the handle based decompose life-cycle.

The handle reference requires the Decomposeable interface to be implemented.

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Interface and Description
static interface	DecomposeableHandle.DecomposeAutomatonHandle<H> The DecomposeableHandle.DecomposeAutomatonHandle interface defines those methods related to the handle based decompose life-cycle.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	decompose(H aHandle) Decomposes the component identified by the given handle.
boolean	hasDecomposeable(H aHandle) Determines whether the handle reference is decomposable by implementing the Decomposeable interface.

Method Detail

hasDecomposeable

boolean hasDecomposeable(H aHandle)
                  throws UnknownHandleRuntimeException

Determines whether the handle reference is decomposable by implementing the Decomposeable interface.

Parameters:

aHandle - The handle to test whether the reference provides the according functionality.

Returns:

True in case the reference provides the according functionality.

Throws:

UnknownHandleRuntimeException - in case the handle is unknown.

decompose

void decompose(H aHandle)
        throws UnknownHandleRuntimeException,
               UnsupportedHandleOperationRuntimeException

Decomposes the component identified by the given handle.

Parameters:

aHandle - The handle identifying the component.

Throws:

UnsupportedHandleOperationRuntimeException - in case the reference of the handle does not support the requested operation.

UnknownHandleRuntimeException - in case the given handle is unknown.