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package com.google.gwt.editor.client;
/**
* Automates editing of simple bean-like objects. The {@link EditorDelegate}
* provided from this driver has a no-op implementation of
* {@link EditorDelegate#subscribe()}.
*
*
* interface MyDriver extends SimpleBeanEditorDriver<MyObject, MyObjectEditor> {}
* MyDriver instance = GWT.create(MyDriver.class);
* {
* MyObjectEditor editor = new MyObjectEditor();
* instance.initialize(editor);
* // Do stuff
* instance.edit(myObjectInstance);
* // Do more stuff
* instance.flush();
* }
*
*
* Note that this interface is intended to be implemented by generated code and
* is subject to API expansion in the future.
*
* @param the type being edited
* @param the Editor for the type
* @see com.google.gwt.editor.client.testing.MockSimpleBeanEditorDriver
*/
public interface SimpleBeanEditorDriver> extends
EditorDriver {
/**
* Push the data in an object graph into the Editor given to
* {@link #initialize}.
*
* @param object the object providing input data
* @throws IllegalStateException if {@link #initialize} has not been called
*/
void edit(T object);
/**
* Update the object being edited with the current state of the Editor.
*
* @return the object passed into {@link #edit(Object)}
* @throws IllegalStateException if {@link #edit(Object)} has not been called
*/
T flush();
/**
* Initialize the editor driver.
*
* @param editor the Editor to populate
*/
void initialize(E editor);
}