IStateful (common 8.3.1-SNAPSHOT API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

ItemFilters.AttributeFilter, ItemFilters.AttributeValue, ItemFilters.Composite, ItemFilters.Contains, ItemFilters.HasAttribute, ItemFilters.Matches, ItemFilters.Not, ItemFilters.NotContains, ItemFilters.NotHasAttribute, ItemFilters.NotMatches, ItemFilters.Type, ItemFilters.TypeMatches, ItemFilters.Types, PersistableItemFilter, StatefulState
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public interface IStateful
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A class that can save its state into an IWritableState instance.

- Method Summary
  
  All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
  Modifier and Type Method Description
  
  void saveTo(IWritableState state)
  Saves the state for this object into a state object.

- Method Detail
  - saveTo
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void saveTo(IWritableState state)
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    Saves the state for this object into a state object.
    
    Parameters:
    
    state - Object to save state to. Since there is no way to check for existing data in the state object an unused one should normally be used.