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- /*
- * Copyright (c) 2006-2010 Chris Smith, Shane Mc Cormack, Gregory Holmes
- *
- * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
- * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
- * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
- * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
- * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
- * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
- *
- * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
- * all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
- *
- * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
- * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
- * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
- * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
- * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
- * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
- * SOFTWARE.
- */
-
- package com.dmdirc.actions.interfaces;
-
- /**
- * The ActionComponent interface describes the methods that action components
- * are required to implement. Components are objects that allow the user to
- * pull a specific piece of information from a certain type of argument.
- * @author chris
- */
- public interface ActionComponent {
-
- /**
- * Retrieves the component of the specified argument that this enum
- * represents.
- * @param argument The object to retrieve the component from
- * @return The relevant component of the object
- */
- Object get(Object argument);
-
- /**
- * Retrieves the type of class that this component applies to.
- * @return The Class that this component can be applied to
- */
- Class appliesTo();
-
- /**
- * Retrieves the type of this component.
- * @return The Class of this component.
- */
- Class getType();
-
- /**
- * Retrives a friendly name for this component.
- * @return This component's name
- */
- String getName();
-
- }
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