org.pfsw.odem
Interface IStructureVisiting

All Superinterfaces:

IExplorableElementVisiting

All Known Subinterfaces:

IContainer

public interface IStructureVisiting
extends IExplorableElementVisiting

Specifies the methods a holder of exploration structures such as namespaces and containers must implement.

Version:

1.0

Author:

M.Duchrow

Method Summary

boolean	acceptContainers(IContainersVisitor visitor) Implementation of the visitor pattern (GOF).
boolean	acceptNamespaces(INamespacesVisitor visitor) Implementation of the visitor pattern (GOF).

Methods inherited from interface org.pfsw.odem.IExplorableElementVisiting

accept, acceptTypes

Method Detail

acceptContainers

boolean acceptContainers(IContainersVisitor visitor)

Implementation of the visitor pattern (GOF). It iterates (recursivly) over all contained IContainer objects and invokes the visitor's callback method using the containers as parameter.

Parameters:

visitor - The implementor of the vistor interface to be called by this method

Returns:

true if processing should be continued, otherwise false

acceptNamespaces

boolean acceptNamespaces(INamespacesVisitor visitor)

Implementation of the visitor pattern (GOF). It iterates (recursivly) over all contained INamespace objects and invokes the visitor's callback method using the namespaces as parameter.

Parameters:

visitor - The implementor of the vistor interface to be called by this method

Returns:

true if processing should be continued, otherwise false