org.lsst.ccs.gconsole.agent

Interface MutableAgentChannel

All Superinterfaces:

AgentChannel

All Known Implementing Classes:

BasicChannel

public interface MutableAgentChannel
extends AgentChannel

Mutable version of AgentChannel.

Author:

onoprien

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface org.lsst.ccs.gconsole.agent.AgentChannel

AgentChannel.Key

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	set(Object value) Sets the value of this channel.
boolean	set(Object key, Object value) Sets the value of the specified attribute.

Methods inherited from interface org.lsst.ccs.gconsole.agent.AgentChannel

get, get, getAgent, getAgentName, getAttributes, getLocalPath, getPath

Method Detail

set

boolean set(Object key,
            Object value)

Sets the value of the specified attribute. The attribute value does not change if the new value is equal to the old one.

Parameters:

key - The attribute is identified by the string returned by toString() method of the key object. If key is null or evaluates to Key.VALUE, the central value is set.

value - The new value.

Returns:

true if the attribute value has changed as a result of this call.

set

boolean set(Object value)

Sets the value of this channel. The value will not change if the new value is equal to the old one.

Parameters:

value - New value.

Returns:

true if the value has changed as a result of this call.