edu.nrao.sss.model.project
Interface ProgramBlockProvider

public interface ProgramBlockProvider

A provider of program blocks.

Version Info:

$Revision: 1348 $

$Date: 2008-06-11 16:55:09 -0600 (Wed, 11 Jun 2008) $

$Author: dharland $ (last person to modify)

Since:

2008-06-11

Author:

David M. Harland

Method Summary

List<ProgramBlock>	getAllProgBlocks() Returns a list of all program blocks held by this provider.
List<ProgramBlock>	getProgBlocks(ProgramBlockFilter filter) Returns a list of program blocks held by this provider that can pass through filter.

Method Detail

getProgBlocks

List<ProgramBlock> getProgBlocks(ProgramBlockFilter filter)
                                 throws RepositoryException

Returns a list of program blocks held by this provider that can pass through filter. If filter is null, it will be treated as a wide-open filter, allowing all program blocks to pass.

Parameters:

filter - the filter through which a program block must pass in order to be included in the returned collection.

Returns:

a list of program blocks that can pass through filter.

Throws:

RepositoryException - if anything goes wrong while trying to fetch program blocks from this provider.

getAllProgBlocks

List<ProgramBlock> getAllProgBlocks()
                                    throws RepositoryException

Returns a list of all program blocks held by this provider.

Returns:

a list of all program blocks held by this provider. If this provider has no program blocks the returned list will be empty.

Throws:

RepositoryException - if anything goes wrong while trying to fetch program blocks from this provider.