Abstracted character-sprite-related activity to the cast package in

preparation for character component compositing and other
character-related antics.


git-svn-id: svn+ssh://src.earth.threerings.net/narya/trunk@575 542714f4-19e9-0310-aa3c-eee0fc999fb1

src/java/com/threerings/cast/ComponentRepository.java

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+//
+// $Id: ComponentRepository.java,v 1.1 2001/10/26 01:17:21 shaper Exp $
+
+package com.threerings.cast;
+
+import java.util.Iterator;
+
+/**
+ * The component repository interface is intended to be implemented by
+ * classes that provide access to {@link CharacterComponent} objects
+ * keyed on their unique component identifier.
+ */
+public interface ComponentRepository
+{
+    /**
+     * Returns the {@link CharacterComponent} object for the given
+     * unique component identifier.
+     */
+    public CharacterComponent getComponent (int cid)
+        throws NoSuchComponentException, NoSuchComponentTypeException;
+
+    /**
+     * Returns an iterator over the <code>Integer</code> objects
+     * representing all available character component identifiers for
+     * the given character component type identifier.
+     */
+    public Iterator enumerateComponents (int ctid)
+        throws NoSuchComponentTypeException;
+
+    /**
+     * Returns an iterator over the <code>Integer</code> objects
+     * representing all available character component type
+     * identifiers.
+     */
+    public Iterator enumerateComponentTypes ();
+}