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package com.google.gwt.requestfactory.client;
import com.google.gwt.editor.client.Editor;
import com.google.gwt.editor.client.EditorDriver;
import com.google.gwt.event.shared.EventBus;
import com.google.gwt.requestfactory.shared.RequestContext;
import com.google.gwt.requestfactory.shared.RequestFactory;
import com.google.gwt.requestfactory.shared.Violation;
/**
* The interface that links RequestFactory and the Editor framework together.
*
* Instances of this interface are created with
*
*
* interface MyRFED extends RequestFactoryEditorDriver<MyObjectProxy, MyObjectEditor> {}
* MyRFED instance = GWT.create(MyRFED.class);
* {
* instance.initialize(.....);
* myRequest.with(instance.getPaths());
*
* // Fire the request, in the callback
* instance.edit(retrievedRecord);
* // Control when the request is sent
* instance.flush().fire(new Receiver {...});
* }
*
*
* RequestFactory has moved to
* com.google.web.bindery.requestfactory. This package will be
* removed in a future version of GWT.
*
* @param the type of Proxy being edited
* @param the type of Editor that will edit the Record
*
* @see HasRequestContext
* @see {@link com.google.gwt.requestfactory.client.testing.MockRequestFactoryEditorDriver
* MockRequestFactoryEditorDriver}
*/
@Deprecated
public interface RequestFactoryEditorDriver>
extends EditorDriver {
/**
* Start driving the Editor and its sub-editors with data for display-only
* mode.
*
* @param proxy a Proxy of type P
*/
void display(P proxy);
/**
* Start driving the Editor and its sub-editors with data. A
* {@link RequestContext} is required to provide context for the changes to
* the proxy (see {@link RequestContext#edit}. Note that this driver will not
* fire the request.
*
* @param proxy the proxy to be edited
* @param request the request context that will accumulate edits and is
* returned form {@link #flush}
*/
void edit(P proxy, RequestContext request);
/**
* Update the object being edited with the current state of the Editor.
*
* @return the RequestContext passed into
* {@link #edit(Object, RequestContext)}
* @throws IllegalStateException if {@link #edit(Object, RequestContext)} has
* not been called
*/
RequestContext flush();
/**
* Returns a new array containing the request paths.
*
* @return an array of Strings
*/
String[] getPaths();
/**
* Overload of {@link #initialize(RequestFactory, Editor)} to allow a modified
* {@link EventBus} to be monitored for subscription services.
*
* @param eventBus the {@link EventBus}
* @param requestFactory a {@link RequestFactory} instance
* @param editor an {@link Editor} of type E
*
* @see com.google.gwt.editor.client.EditorDelegate#subscribe
* @see com.google.gwt.event.shared.ResettableEventBus
*/
void initialize(EventBus eventBus, RequestFactory requestFactory, E editor);
/**
* Initializes a driver with the editor it will run, and a RequestFactory to
* use for subscription services.
*
* @param requestFactory a {@link RequestFactory} instance
* @param editor an {@link Editor} of type E
*
* @see com.google.gwt.editor.client.EditorDelegate#subscribe
*/
void initialize(RequestFactory requestFactory, E editor);
/**
* Initializes a driver that will not be able to support subscriptions. Calls
* to {@link com.google.gwt.editor.client.EditorDelegate#subscribe()} will do
* nothing.
*
* @param editor an {@link Editor} of type E
*/
void initialize(E editor);
/**
* Show Violations returned from an attempt to submit a request. The
* violations will be converted into
* {@link com.google.gwt.editor.client.EditorError EditorError} objects whose
* {@link com.google.gwt.editor.client.EditorError#getUserData()
* getUserData()} method can be used to access the original Violation object.
*
* @param violations an Iterable over {@link Violation} instances
* @return true if there were any unconsumed EditorErrors which
* can be retrieved from {@link #getErrors()}
*/
boolean setViolations(Iterable violations);
}