org.votech.ds6.widgets
Interface MessageSource

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractMessageSource

public interface MessageSource

A MessageSource constructs a Message when the menu item is selected, and processes any object returned by the message recipient.

Author:

jdt

Method Summary

org.votech.plastic.outgoing.messages.Message	getMessage(org.votech.plastic.managers.PlasticApplication destination) Construct a message to be sent when the menu is activated.
void	processReturnValue(org.votech.plastic.managers.PlasticApplication sender, java.lang.Object result) Perform any post-processing on the message response.
void	processReturnValues(java.util.Map<org.votech.plastic.managers.PlasticApplication,java.lang.Object> result) Perform any post-processing on the message response if we broadcast to all.

Method Detail

getMessage

org.votech.plastic.outgoing.messages.Message getMessage(org.votech.plastic.managers.PlasticApplication destination)

Construct a message to be sent when the menu is activated.

Parameters:

destination - the destination of the message - could be useful to some MessageSources. Could be null if the message is to be broadcast.

Returns:

processReturnValue

void processReturnValue(org.votech.plastic.managers.PlasticApplication sender,
                        java.lang.Object result)

Perform any post-processing on the message response.

Parameters:

sender - who sent us this

result - the result!

processReturnValues

void processReturnValues(java.util.Map<org.votech.plastic.managers.PlasticApplication,java.lang.Object> result)

Perform any post-processing on the message response if we broadcast to all.

Parameters:

result -