Interface DependentPageItem
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CardFace
public interface DependentPageItem
A page item that depends on an external file to recreate its content.- Author:
- Chris Jennings
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Method Summary
All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Modifier and Type Method Description java.lang.String
getPath()
Returns the path to the external data source.boolean
refresh()
Indicates to the item that it should recreate its content because the external file has changed.void
setPath(java.lang.String path)
Set the path the external data source.
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Method Detail
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getPath
java.lang.String getPath()
Returns the path to the external data source.- Returns:
- the path to the data this item depends upon
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setPath
void setPath(java.lang.String path)
Set the path the external data source.- Parameters:
path
- the path to the data this item depends upon
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refresh
boolean refresh()
Indicates to the item that it should recreate its content because the external file has changed. This method should returntrue
if the item is updated successfully, orfalse
if the item could not be updated, typically because the new item is incompatible with the old one.- Returns:
true
if the item was replaced
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