org.guvnor.ala.ui.handler

Interface ProviderHandler

public interface ProviderHandler

Base interface for defining a provider type handler.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	acceptProviderType(ProviderTypeKey providerTypeKey) Indicates if current handler can manage a given provider type.
int	getPriority() Gets the priority of current handler.

Method Detail

getPriority

int getPriority()

Gets the priority of current handler. The priority might be used to decide which handler to apply in cases where there are many handlers registered for a given provider. The highest priority one will be applied.

Returns:

an integer representing current handler priority. Priorities are correlative to the integers natural order.

acceptProviderType

boolean acceptProviderType(ProviderTypeKey providerTypeKey)

Indicates if current handler can manage a given provider type.

Parameters:

providerTypeKey - a provider type key.

Returns:

true if current handle can manage the given provider type, false in any other case.