Remote Systems
v6.4.1

com.ibm.etools.systems.model
Interface ISystemContainer

All Known Subinterfaces:
IRemoteContainer, IRemoteFile, IRemoteFileMutable, SystemFilterReference
All Known Implementing Classes:
LocalFileImpl, RemoteFileImpl, SystemFilterReferenceImpl, SystemFilterSimpleImpl, UniversalFileImpl

public interface ISystemContainer


Method Summary
 Object[] getContents(ISystemContentsType contentsType)
          Returns all the contents of the object (combining results of all filters
 boolean hasContents(ISystemContentsType contentsType)
          Returns whether the object has contents of a particular type.
 boolean isStale()
          Indicates whether the cached object is stale
 void markStale(boolean isStale)
          Marks the object as stale or not
 

Method Detail

hasContents

public boolean hasContents(ISystemContentsType contentsType)
Returns whether the object has contents of a particular type.

Parameters:
contentsType - type of contents
Returns:
true if the object has contents, false otherwise.

getContents

public Object[] getContents(ISystemContentsType contentsType)
Returns all the contents of the object (combining results of all filters

Parameters:
contentsType - type of contents
Returns:
an array of contents.

isStale

public boolean isStale()
Indicates whether the cached object is stale

Returns:
whether the container is stale

markStale

public void markStale(boolean isStale)
Marks the object as stale or not

Parameters:
isStale - whether the object is to be marked stale or not

Remote Systems
v6.4.1

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Note: This documentation is for part of an interim API that is still under development and expected to change significantly before reaching stability. It is being made available at this early stage to solicit feedback from pioneering adopters on the understanding that any code that uses this API will almost certainly be broken (repeatedly) as the API evolves.