IArtifactRepresentation (EASy-Producer Documentation API)

All Superinterfaces:

IVilType

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractArtifactRepresentation, Binary, Text
```
public interface IArtifactRepresentation
extends IVilType
```
The common interface for all artifact representations.

Author:

Holger Eichelberger

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`IArtifactChangedListenerQueue`	`getListeners()`	Returns the change listeners.
`boolean`	`isEmpty()`	Returns whether this artifact representation is empty.
`void`	`updateContents()`	Updates the contents.

- Method Detail
  - isEmpty
```
boolean isEmpty()
```
    Returns whether this artifact representation is empty.
    
    Returns:
    
    true if it is empty, false else
  - getListeners
```
IArtifactChangedListenerQueue getListeners()
```
    Returns the change listeners.
    
    Returns:
    
    the change listeners
  - updateContents
```
void updateContents()
             throws VilException
```
    Updates the contents.
    
    Throws:
    
    VilException - in case that reading fails for some reason