/*
 * Copyright (C) 2005 Alfresco, Inc.
 *
 * Licensed under the Mozilla Public License version 1.1 
 * with a permitted attribution clause. You may obtain a
 * copy of the License at
 *
 *   http://www.alfresco.org/legal/license.txt
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 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
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package org.alfresco.web.data;

/**
 * @author kevinr
 */
public interface IDataContainer
{
   /**
    * Return the currently sorted column if any
    * 
    * @return current sorted column if any
    */
   public String getCurrentSortColumn();
   
   /**
    * Returns the current sort direction. Only valid if a sort column is set.
    * True is returned for descending sort, false for accending sort.
    * 
    * @return true for descending sort, false for accending sort
    */
   public boolean isCurrentSortDescending();
   
   /**
    * Returns the current page size used for this list, or -1 for no paging.
    */
   public int getPageSize();
   
   /**
    * Return the current page the list is displaying
    * 
    * @return Current page with zero based index
    */
   public int getCurrentPage();
   
   /**
    * Set the current page to display.
    * 
    * @param index      Zero based page index to display
    */
   public void setCurrentPage(int index);
   
   /**
    * Return the count of max available pages
    * 
    * @return count of max available pages
    */
   public int getPageCount();
   
   /**
    * Returns true if a row of data is available
    * 
    * @return true if data is available, false otherwise
    */
   public boolean isDataAvailable();
   
   /**
    * Returns the next row of data from the data model
    * 
    * @return next row of data as a Bean object
    */
   public Object nextRow();
   
   /**
    * Sort the dataset using the specified sort parameters
    * 
    * @param column        Column to sort
    * @param descending    True for descending sort, false for ascending
    * @param mode          Sort mode to use (see IDataContainer constants)
    */
   public void sort(String column, boolean descending, String mode);
   
   public final static String SORT_CASEINSENSITIVE = "case-insensitive";
   public final static String SORT_CASESENSITIVE   = "case-sensitive";
}