fi.hut.tml.xsmiles.comm
Interface AddressBook

All Superinterfaces:

CommEventSender

All Known Implementing Classes:

XMLAddressBook

public interface AddressBook

extends CommEventSender

The address book interface. The address book should countain user records in some data structure that can then be easily converted into a modifiable DOM structure.

Author:

ssundell

Method Summary

int	entryCount()
java.util.Hashtable	getContacts()
void	loadAddressBook() Gets the address book from some, possibly protocol dependent storage.
void	saveAddressBook() Save the address book.
java.util.Hashtable	searchInfo(java.lang.String _search, java.lang.String _field) Searches the address book for some info and returns the users that match.

Methods inherited from interface fi.hut.tml.xsmiles.comm.events.CommEventSender

addEventListener, dispatchEvent, removeEventListener

Method Detail

loadAddressBook

public void loadAddressBook()

Gets the address book from some, possibly protocol dependent storage. It could be a local file or a storage server (SIP registrar, LDAP storage, whatever)

saveAddressBook

public void saveAddressBook()

Save the address book.

searchInfo

public java.util.Hashtable searchInfo(java.lang.String _search,
                                      java.lang.String _field)

Searches the address book for some info and returns the users that match. For example, we could search for name and return address.

Parameters:

_search - What to search

_field - The target field of the search

Returns:

getContacts

public java.util.Hashtable getContacts()

entryCount

public int entryCount()