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Interface FlushHandle<H>

Type Parameters:

H - The type of the handle.

All Known Subinterfaces:

CompositeComponentHandle<H,REF>

public interface FlushHandle<H>

The FlushHandle interface defines those methods related to the handle based flush operation.

The handle reference requires the Flushable interface to be implemented.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	flush(H aHandle) Flushes the component identified by the given handle.
boolean	hasFlush(H aHandle) Determines whether the handle reference provides flushting by implementing the Flushable interface.

Method Detail

hasFlush

boolean hasFlush(H aHandle)
          throws UnknownHandleRuntimeException

Determines whether the handle reference provides flushting by implementing the Flushable interface.

Parameters:

aHandle - The handle to test whether the reference provides the according functionality.

Returns:

True in case the reference provides the according functionality.

Throws:

UnknownHandleRuntimeException - Thrown in case the handle is unknown (there is none reference for this handle).

flush

void flush(H aHandle)
    throws IOException,
           UnknownHandleRuntimeException,
           UnsupportedHandleOperationRuntimeException

Flushes the component identified by the given handle.

Parameters:

aHandle - The handle identifying the component.

Throws:

IOException - in case flushing fails.

UnsupportedHandleOperationRuntimeException - in case the reference of the handle does not support the requested operation.

UnknownHandleRuntimeException - Thrown in case the handle is unknown (there is none reference for this handle).

IllegaleHandleStateChangeRuntimeException - Thrown in case a state change is not possible due to the current state the referenced component is in.