001package votorola.s.gwt.scene.feed; // Copyright 2010-2012, Michael Allan. Christian Weilbach. Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Votorola Software"), to deal in the Votorola Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicence, and/or sell copies of the Votorola Software, and to permit persons to whom the Votorola Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: The preceding copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Votorola Software. THE VOTOROLA 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 VOTOROLA SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE VOTOROLA SOFTWARE. 002 003import java.util.Date; 004import votorola.a.count.Poll; 005import votorola.a.diff.DiffLook; 006import votorola.s.gwt.stage.Message; 007 008 009/** A real-world event as formalized in a bite feed. It provides accessors for all 010 * possible properties, although only a subset is likely to be backed by actual values in 011 * particular instances. Which properties are backed and which are unbacked will vary 012 * according to the feed from which the bite has issued. The API docs for the various 013 * accessors will specify the behaviour to expect for unbacked properties. 014 */ 015public interface Bite 016{ 017 018 019 /** The difference associated with this bite. 020 * 021 * @return the difference, or null if none is associated with this bite. 022 */ 023 public DiffLook difference(); 024 025 026 027 /** The first message associated with this bite. 028 * 029 * @return the first message, or null if none is associated with this bite. 030 */ 031 public Message message(); 032 033 034 035 /** All messages associated with this bite. 036 * 037 * @return a collection of messages, the form of the collection depending on the 038 * implementation. 039 */ 040 public Object messages(); 041 042 043 044 /** The date on which the bite was parsed into the database. 045 * 046 * @return the date, or null if none is associated with this bite. 047 */ 048 public Date sentDate(); 049 050 051 052 /** The first person associated with this bite. 053 * 054 * @return the first person, or null if nobody is associated with this bite. 055 */ 056 public Person person(); 057 058 059 060 /** All persons associated with this bite. 061 * 062 * @return a collection of persons, the form of the collection depending on the 063 * implementation. 064 */ 065 public Object persons(); 066 067 068 069 /** The poll associated with this bite. 070 * 071 * @return the poll, or null if none is associated with this bite. 072 */ 073 public Poll poll(); 074 075 076}