001package org.intellimate.izou.sdk.specification;
002
003import org.intellimate.izou.resource.ResourceBuilderModel;
004import org.intellimate.izou.sdk.contentgenerator.EventListener;
005import org.intellimate.izou.sdk.resource.Resource;
006
007import java.util.List;
008
009/**
010 * The Task of an ContentGenerator is to generate a Resources-Object when a Event it subscribed to was fired.
011 * <p>
012 *     When an Event this ContentGenerator subscribed to was fired, the ContentGeneratorManager will run the instance
013 *     of it in a ThreadPool and generate(String eventID) will be called.
014 * </p>
015 * @author Leander Kurscheidt
016 * @version 1.0
017 */
018public interface ContentGeneratorModel extends ResourceBuilderModel {
019    /**
020     * this method returns a List of EventListener, which indicate for which Events the ContentGenerator should be
021     * triggered.
022     * @return a List of EventListeners
023     */
024    List<? extends EventListener> getTriggeredEvents();
025
026    /**
027     * This method is called to register what resources the object provides.
028     * just pass a List of Resources without Data in it.
029     *
030     * @return a List containing the resources the object provides
031     */
032    List<? extends Resource> getTriggeredResources();
033}