/*
* @(#)TextAreaFigure.java
*
* Project: JHotdraw - a GUI framework for technical drawings
* http://www.jhotdraw.org
* http://jhotdraw.sourceforge.net
* Copyright: © by the original author(s) and all contributors
* License: Lesser GNU Public License (LGPL)
* http://www.opensource.org/licenses/lgpl-license.html
*/
package CH.ifa.draw.contrib.html;
/**
* ResourceDisposabilityStrategy defines the interface for resource disposal
* strategies.
* The strategy defines the logic used to determine which and when a resource can
* be efficiently disposed of. A smarter the strategy leads to few resource
* regeneration.
*
* @author Eduardo Francos - InContext
* @created 2 mai 2002
* @version 1.0
*/
public interface ResourceDisposabilityStrategy {
/**
* Sets the manager holding the resources for this strategy
*
* @param manager The new manager value
*/
public void setManager(DisposableResourceManager manager);
/**
* Gets the manager holding the resources for this strategy
*
* @return The manager value
*/
public DisposableResourceManager getManager();
/**
* Activates the strategy which starts disposing of resources as fitted
*
* @exception ResourceManagerNotSetException Description of the Exception
*/
public void startDisposing()
throws ResourceManagerNotSetException;
/**
* Deactivates the strategy that stops automatic disposal of resource.
* The millis parameters specifies in milliseconds the time to wait for
* the disposal to stop. After this time the method returns, but the
* deactivation request remain active.
*
* @param millis time to wait for disposal to stop
*/
public void stopDisposing(long millis);
}