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Diffstat (limited to 'target_explorer/plugins/org.eclipse.tcf.te.runtime.persistence/src/org/eclipse/tcf/te/runtime/persistence/interfaces')
| -rw-r--r-- | target_explorer/plugins/org.eclipse.tcf.te.runtime.persistence/src/org/eclipse/tcf/te/runtime/persistence/interfaces/IPersistable.java | 12 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/target_explorer/plugins/org.eclipse.tcf.te.runtime.persistence/src/org/eclipse/tcf/te/runtime/persistence/interfaces/IPersistable.java b/target_explorer/plugins/org.eclipse.tcf.te.runtime.persistence/src/org/eclipse/tcf/te/runtime/persistence/interfaces/IPersistable.java index d93f862fd..17368c32a 100644 --- a/target_explorer/plugins/org.eclipse.tcf.te.runtime.persistence/src/org/eclipse/tcf/te/runtime/persistence/interfaces/IPersistable.java +++ b/target_explorer/plugins/org.eclipse.tcf.te.runtime.persistence/src/org/eclipse/tcf/te/runtime/persistence/interfaces/IPersistable.java @@ -41,6 +41,18 @@ public interface IPersistable { public URI getURI(Object data);
/**
+ * Returns the interface type name to use for recreating the object from the
+ * persisted object representation.
+ * <p>
+ * <b>Note:</b> The returned string is expected in the format <code>"<bundleId>:<full qualified interface type name>"</code>.
+ * If the bundle id is not present, it is very likely that the object recreation will fail with a {@link ClassNotFoundException}.
+ *
+ * @param data The data object. Must not be <code>null</code>.
+ * @return The interface type or <code>null</code>.
+ */
+ public String getInterfaceTypeName(Object data);
+
+ /**
* Exports the given data object to an external representation.
* <p>
* As a general guide line, it is expected that the external representation contains only base
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