1 /*
2 * $HeadURL: $
3 * $Date: $
4 * $Revision: $
5 * $Author: $
6 *
7 * Copyright (c) 2006 MindTree Consulting Ltd.
8 *
9 * This file is part of Insight.
10 *
11 * Insight is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the
12 * terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
13 * Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later
14 * version.
15 *
16 * Insight is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
17 * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
18 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General
19 * Public License for more details.
20 *
21 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
22 * Insight. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
23 */
24 package com.mindtree.techworks.insight.reporting.verifiers;
25
26 /**
27 * Marks a <code>Verifier</code> to be deserializable by the default
28 * <code>VerifierDeserializer</code> implementation -
29 * <code>VerifierDeserializerImpl</code>. Additionaly provides a method used
30 * by the deserializer to populate the fields in the <code>Verifier</code>.
31 *
32 * @see com.mindtree.techworks.insight.reporting.verifiers.VerifierDeserializerImpl
33 *
34 * @author <a href="mailto:bindul_bhowmik@mindtree.com">Bindul Bhowmik</a>
35 * @version $Revision: 27 $ $Date: 2007-12-16 04:58:03 -0700 (Sun, 16 Dec 2007) $
36 * @since Insight 1.5
37 */
38 public interface DefaultImplDeserializable {
39
40 /**
41 * Populates the field passed in the reincarnated <code>Verifier</code>.
42 * If a field is of Array type or a <code>Collection</code>, then the
43 * method would be called multiple times with the same
44 * <code>fieldName</code> with different values of the
45 * <code>fieldValue</code>.
46 *
47 * @param fieldName
48 * The name of the field to be populated.
49 * @param fieldValue
50 * The value of the field.
51 */
52 public void deserializeField (String fieldName, String fieldValue);
53
54 }