VariableMapSyncService.java

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 * Copyright 2014 PRImA Research Lab, University of Salford, United Kingdom
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package org.primaresearch.web.gwt.client.variable;

import org.primaresearch.shared.variable.VariableMap;
import org.primaresearch.web.gwt.shared.RemoteException;

import com.google.gwt.user.client.rpc.RemoteService;
import com.google.gwt.user.client.rpc.RemoteServiceRelativePath;

/**
 * Interface for loading variables from the server.
 * 
 * @author Christian Clausner
 *
 */
@RemoteServiceRelativePath("variableMapSync")
public interface VariableMapSyncService extends RemoteService {

	/**
	 * Loads variables from an XML file
	 * @param url File resource
	 * @return The variables
	 */
	public VariableMap loadVariables(String url) throws RemoteException;
}