de.intarsys.tools.component

Interface ISynchronizable

All Known Subinterfaces:

ILocator, ITrustedLocator

All Known Implementing Classes:

ByteArrayLocator, Cache, ClassLoaderResourceLocator, ClassResourceLocator, CommonLocator, DelegatingLocator, FailedLocator, FileLocator, HashedTrustedLocator, ImmutableDelegatingLocator, LocatorByReference, LocatorViewport, MemoryTrustedLocator, MutableDelegatingLocator, NoopLocator, ReadOnlyLocator, RenamedLocator, StreamLocator, StringLocator, TransientLocator, TrustedLocator, URLLocator, ZipFileLocator

public interface ISynchronizable

This describes a components ability to check its consistency with any physical representation, for example a file system.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	isOutOfSynch() true if the component is out of synch.
void	synch() Perform a synchronization with the components physical resources.

Method Detail

isOutOfSynch

boolean isOutOfSynch()

true if the component is out of synch.

Returns:

true if the component is out of synch.

synch

void synch()

Perform a synchronization with the components physical resources.

In case of a scheduled synchronization this may be called by an external daemon.