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 }