pl.edu.icm.unity.engine.api.attributes

Interface SystemAttributesProvider

public interface SystemAttributesProvider

Implementations (must be Spring components) provide additional system attribute types, defined by extensions. Those types are added to the database at startup (only if undefined).

Author:

K. Benedyczak

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
List<pl.edu.icm.unity.types.basic.AttributeType>	getSystemAttributes()
boolean	requiresUpdate(pl.edu.icm.unity.types.basic.AttributeType at)

Method Detail

getSystemAttributes

List<pl.edu.icm.unity.types.basic.AttributeType> getSystemAttributes()

Returns:

a list of attribute types of this provider

requiresUpdate

boolean requiresUpdate(pl.edu.icm.unity.types.basic.AttributeType at)

Parameters:

at - existing attribute type

Returns:

true if the type should be updated