IContext.java

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package org.eclipse.riena.objecttransaction.context;

/**
 * The interface IContext defines hook methods that are invoked to set a context
 * before an action is invoked. Contexts can be activated and passivated and
 * tested if they are active. The IContext is used for ObjectTransaction in
 * 
 * @see IObjectTransactionContext where an objectTransaction is activated before
 *      a business method is called on an object.
 * 
 */

public interface IContext {

	/**
	 * Activates the context instance
	 */
	void activate();

	/**
	 * Passivates the context instance
	 */
	void passivate();

	/**
	 * @return true if the context is active otherwise false
	 */
	boolean isActivated();

}