org.eclipse.rse.core.model
Interface ISystemContainer

All Known Subinterfaces:

IRemoteContainer, IRemoteFile, ISystemFilterReference, ISystemModifiableContainer, IVirtualRemoteFile

All Known Implementing Classes:

RemoteFile, SystemFilterReference

public interface ISystemContainer

ISystemContainer is an interface implemented by objects that can contain remote resources.

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
void	markStale(boolean isStale, boolean clearCache) 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

markStale

public void markStale(boolean isStale,
                      boolean clearCache)

Marks the object as stale or not

Parameters:

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

clearCache - indicates whether or not to clear the cache