com.hp.device

Interface DeviceLoader

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractDeviceLoader

public interface DeviceLoader

A set of behaviors specific to persistence of data about a type of device.

Author:

Simon Hunt, Thomas Vachuska

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
DeviceInfo	getDeviceInfo() Returns the DeviceInfo instance associated with this loader.
String	getUID() Returns the device UID to which this loader is bound.
void	load() Use the device loader UID to locate all information that pertains to the device, in the persistent store and populate the backing device info instance.
void	save() Store the information in the backing device info into the persistent store.

Method Detail

getDeviceInfo

DeviceInfo getDeviceInfo()

Returns the DeviceInfo instance associated with this loader.

Returns:

the device info instance

getUID

String getUID()

Returns the device UID to which this loader is bound.

Returns:

the UID

load

void load()
          throws DeviceException

Use the device loader UID to locate all information that pertains to the device, in the persistent store and populate the backing device info instance.

Throws:

DeviceException - if a problem occurs while loading the info

save

void save()
          throws DeviceException

Store the information in the backing device info into the persistent store.

Throws:

DeviceException - if a problem occurs while storing the info