PamController

Interface PamSettingsSource

All Known Implementing Classes:

BinarySettingsStorage, BinaryStore, DBControl, DBControlSettings, DBControlUnit

public interface PamSettingsSource

Added to a PamControlledUnit which can save and reload PamSettings information from files, databases, etc.

Any PamControlledUnit implementing this class will be asked to save settings each time PAMGUARD starts and will be able to read back lists of timestamped settings from files.

Author:

Doug Gillespie.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
int	getNumSettings() Get the number of different settings within the settings source.
PamSettingsGroup	getSettings(int settingsIndex) Get a specific PamSettingsGroup
java.lang.String	getSettingsSourceName() Get a name for the settings source
boolean	saveStartSettings(long timeNow) Save the settings in some way or another.

Method Detail

saveStartSettings

boolean saveStartSettings(long timeNow)

Save the settings in some way or another.

Parameters:

timeNow - current time.

Returns:

true if settings saved successfully

getNumSettings

int getNumSettings()

Get the number of different settings within the settings source.

Returns:

the number of PamSettingsGroups.

getSettings

PamSettingsGroup getSettings(int settingsIndex)

Get a specific PamSettingsGroup

Parameters:

settingsIndex - index of group

Returns:

a settings group

getSettingsSourceName

java.lang.String getSettingsSourceName()

Get a name for the settings source

Returns:

a name