de.fraunhofer.fokus.oefit.adhoc.socialize

Interface I_SocialMediaClient

All Known Implementing Classes:

FacebookClient, TwitterClient

public interface I_SocialMediaClient

An interface for social media clients that allow posting of short messages and URLs

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	getCssClass() Returns a CSS class that represents this plugin.
boolean	isConnected() Checks if the client is connected
boolean	isEnabled() Check whether this client is actually enabled There is no hard definition, what enabled means.
boolean	publishOffer(URL permalink, Long offerId) Publish an offer
boolean	reconnect() Reconnect the client.
boolean	send(URL url, String message) Send a message

Method Detail

isEnabled

boolean isEnabled()

Check whether this client is actually enabled There is no hard definition, what enabled means. A service could be disabled, because no API is available, or (usually) because it depends upon a global configuration settings that can be set by the user at some point

Returns:

true, if enabled, false otherwise

isConnected

boolean isConnected()

Checks if the client is connected

Returns:

true, if is connected

publishOffer

boolean publishOffer(URL permalink,
                     Long offerId)

Publish an offer

Parameters:

permalink - a permalink to the frontend-view of the offer

offerId - the offer ID

Returns:

true, if successfully published, false otherwise

reconnect

boolean reconnect()

Reconnect the client. Important: The client may need to re-read its configuration, as this method will be called on reconfiguration.

Returns:

true, if successful, false otherwise

send

boolean send(URL url,
             String message)

Send a message

Parameters:

url - Any URL for further information about the message

message - the message itself

Returns:

true, if successful, false otherwise

getCssClass

String getCssClass()

Returns a CSS class that represents this plugin. Usually this CSS contains some sort of logo for representing the provider

Returns:

The CSS class representing this implementation