1 /** 2 * The chess framework library. 3 * More information is available at http://www.jinchess.com/. 4 * Copyright (C) 2004 Alexander Maryanovsky. 5 * All rights reserved. 6 * 7 * The chess framework library is free software; you can redistribute 8 * it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License 9 * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the 10 * License, or (at your option) any later version. 11 * 12 * The chess framework library is distributed in the hope that it will 13 * be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of 14 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser 15 * General Public License for more details. 16 * 17 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License 18 * along with the chess framework library; if not, write to the Free Software 19 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA 20 */ 21 22 package free.chess; 23 24 import java.net.URL; 25 import java.io.IOException; 26 27 28 /** 29 * An interface for piece painters which depend on additional resources and are 30 * capable of loading them from a specified URL. An implementation is also 31 * expected to have a no-arg constructor, so that it can be created via 32 * <code>Class.newInstance</code> and initialized by invoking the 33 * <code>load</code> method. 34 */ 35 36 public interface ResourcePiecePainter extends PiecePainter{ 37 38 39 40 /** 41 * Loads this <code>ResourcePiecePainter</code> from the specified URL. 42 * This method should be called immediately after creating the painter 43 * and may only be called once. 44 */ 45 load(URL url)46 public void load(URL url) throws IOException; 47 48 49 50 }