/*******************************************************************************
 * Copyright (c) 2005, 2006 IBM Corporation and others.
 * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
 * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
 * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
 * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
 *
 * Contributors:
 *     IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
 * Port to the D programming language:
 *     Frank Benoit <benoit@tionex.de>
 *******************************************************************************/

module org.eclipse.core.commands.IObjectWithState;

import org.eclipse.core.commands.State;

import java.lang.all;

/**
 * <p>
 * An object that holds zero or more state objects. This state information can
 * be shared between different instances of <code>IObjectWithState</code>.
 * </p>
 * <p>
 * Clients may implement, but must not extend this interface.
 * </p>
 *
 * @see AbstractHandlerWithState
 * @since 3.2
 */
public interface IObjectWithState {

    /**
     * Adds state to this object.
     *
     * @param id
     *            The identifier indicating the type of state being added; must
     *            not be <code>null</code>.
     * @param state
     *            The new state to add to this object; must not be
     *            <code>null</code>.
     */
    public void addState(String id, State state);

    /**
     * Gets the state with the given id.
     *
     * @param stateId
     *            The identifier of the state to retrieve; must not be
     *            <code>null</code>.
     * @return The state; may be <code>null</code> if there is no state with
     *         the given id.
     */
    public State getState(String stateId);

    /**
     * Gets the identifiers for all of the state associated with this object.
     *
     * @return All of the state identifiers; may be empty, but never
     *         <code>null</code>.
     */
    public String[] getStateIds();

    /**
     * Removes state from this object.
     *
     * @param stateId
     *            The id of the state to remove from this object; must not be
     *            <code>null</code>.
     */
    public void removeState(String stateId);
}