--- /dev/null
+package org.simantics.scl.commands;\r
+\r
+import org.simantics.db.RequestProcessor;\r
+import org.simantics.db.Resource;\r
+import org.simantics.db.exception.DatabaseException;\r
+import org.simantics.db.procedure.Procedure;\r
+\r
+/**\r
+ * Command object represents a UI-operation that makes changes to the database. \r
+ * \r
+ * @author Hannu Niemistö\r
+ */\r
+public interface Command {\r
+ /**\r
+ * Checks that parameter values satisfy conditions needed for execution of the command.\r
+ * It is not necessary to give all the parameters that are given to commit-method. In that\r
+ * case this function makes just a partial checking of the given parameters.\r
+ */\r
+ boolean check(RequestProcessor processor, Resource model, Object ... parameters) throws DatabaseException;\r
+ \r
+ /**\r
+ * Tries to execute the command.\r
+ */\r
+ Object execute(RequestProcessor processor, Resource model, Object ... parameters) throws DatabaseException;\r
+ \r
+ /**\r
+ * Tries to execute the command asynchronously.\r
+ */\r
+ void asyncExecute(RequestProcessor processor, Resource model, Object[] parameters,\r
+ Procedure<Object> procedure);\r
+}\r