1 /*
2 Copyright (C) 2000 - 2007 Grid Systems, S.A.
3
4 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
5 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License, version 2, as
6 published by the Free Software Foundation.
7
8 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
9 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
10 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
11 GNU General Public License for more details.
12
13 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
14 along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
15 Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
16 */
17
18 /*
19 * Project: KernelConfigurator
20 * Created on 26-feb-2004
21 *
22 * Copyright (c)2003 Grid Systems
23 */
24 package com.gridsystems.config;
25
26 import java.io.IOException;
27
28 /**
29 * Model part of the MVC pattern for Configurators.
30 *
31 * @author <a href="mailto:rruiz@gridsystems.com">Rodrigo Ruiz Aguayo</a>
32 * @version 1.0
33 */
34 public interface ConfiguratorModel {
35
36 /**
37 * Loads the model from persistence layer.
38 *
39 * @throws IOException In case of read error
40 */
41 void load() throws IOException;
42
43 /**
44 * Stores the model in the persistence layer.
45 *
46 * @throws IOException In case of write error
47 */
48 void store() throws IOException;
49
50 /**
51 * Validate data of this Model.
52 *
53 * @throws Exception In case of invalid data
54 */
55 void validate() throws Exception;
56
57 /**
58 * Performs changes in files external to the model data.
59 *
60 * @throws IOException In case of write error
61 */
62 void apply() throws IOException;
63 }