org.milyn.profile
Interface ProfileSet

All Superinterfaces:

Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultProfileSet

public interface ProfileSet
extends Serializable

Profile Set.

A profile set consists of a "base" profile and a set of sub-profiles. The base profile fans out into a set of sub profiles.

Author:

tfennelly

Method Summary

void	addProfile(Profile profile) Add a profile to the ProfileSet.
String	getBaseProfile() Get the name of the base profile for this profile set.
Profile	getProfile(String profile) Get a profile from the ProfileSet.
boolean	isMember(String profile) Is the specified profile a member of this profile set.
Iterator	iterator() Get an Iterator to allow iteration over the Profilesin this ProfileSet.

Method Detail

getBaseProfile

String getBaseProfile()

Get the name of the base profile for this profile set.

Returns:

The base profile name.

isMember

boolean isMember(String profile)

Is the specified profile a member of this profile set.

A profile is said to be a member of a profile set if it is the base profile of the profile set, or one of its sub profiles.

Parameters:

profile - The profile to check against.

Returns:

True if the associated device a member of the specified profile, otherwise false.

addProfile

void addProfile(Profile profile)

Add a profile to the ProfileSet.

Parameters:

profile - The profile to add.

getProfile

Profile getProfile(String profile)

Get a profile from the ProfileSet.

Parameters:

profile - The name of the profile.

Returns:

The requested Profile, or null if the profile is not a member of the ProfileSet.

iterator

Iterator iterator()

Get an Iterator to allow iteration over the Profilesin this ProfileSet.

Returns:

An Iterator that allows iteration over the Profilesin this ProfileSet.