org.datamanager.activeentityvalue
Interface ActiveEntityValue

All Superinterfaces:

EntityValue, Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

AttributeCounterEntityValue

public interface ActiveEntityValue

extends EntityValue

This interface represents an ActiveEntityValue. That is, an EntityValue that does a bit of computation so that it can return a value.

Author:

Matthew Farrellee

See Also:

EntityValue

Method Summary

EntityValue

getEntityValue() The computation that is required by this ActiveEntityValue should be implemented in this method.

Method Detail

getEntityValue

public EntityValue getEntityValue()
                           throws DataManagerException

The computation that is required by this ActiveEntityValue should be implemented in this method. The computation must result in an EntityValue that is returned.

Returns:

The EntityValue generated by this ActiveEntityValue.

DataManagerException