/*
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
 */

/*
 * Attatchment.java
 *
 * Created on November 8, 2001, 3:09 PM
 */

package games.strategy.engine.data;

import java.io.Serializable;

/**
 *
 * @author  Sean Bridges
 * @version 1.0
 */
public interface IAttachment extends Serializable
{
	public void setData(GameData m_data);

	/**
	 * Called after the attatchment is created.
	 * IF an error occurs should throw an
	 * exception to halt the parsing
	 */
	public void validate() throws GameParseException;

  public Attachable getAttatchedTo();
  void setAttatchedTo(Attachable attatchable);

  public String getName();
  public void setName(String aString);

}
