com.novell.nds.dirxml.util
Interface ConfigElement

All Known Implementing Classes:

Filter, GCDefinitions, GCValue, NamedPasswords, NameMap, OldStyleParams, Password, SchemaDef, SchemaDef.AttrDef, SchemaDef.ClassDef, ShimConfig, ShimConfig.RemoteLoaderConfig, ShimConfigParams, ShimState

public interface ConfigElement

Method Summary

boolean	hasBeenModified() Return true if this instance has been modified.
void	resetModified() Reset the modified flag for this instance such that hasBeenModified() will return false.
Element	toXML(Node parent) Create an XML representation for this instance under the passed Node.

Method Detail

hasBeenModified

public boolean hasBeenModified()

Return true if this instance has been modified.

The instance is considered to have been modified if a change was made that affects the persistent representation since:

1. The instance was constructed from an XML representation.
2. resetModified() was last called

Returns:

true or false

See Also:

resetModified()

resetModified

public void resetModified()

Reset the modified flag for this instance such that hasBeenModified() will return false.

See Also:

hasBeenModified()

toXML

public Element toXML(Node parent)

Create an XML representation for this instance under the passed Node.

Note that the act of creating an XML representation does not reset this instance's modified flag. It must be reset by calling resetModified().

Parameters:

parent - Node under which to construct XML representation.

Returns:

created Element

See Also:

hasBeenModified(), resetModified()