package org.msh.reports.datatable;

import java.util.List;

public interface Row {

	/**
	 * Return the value of a given column
	 * @param index is the column index starting at 0
	 * @return the value of the column at the given index column
	 */
	Object getValue(int index);

	/**
	 * Set the value of a column of the row
	 * @param index is the 0-based position of the column
	 * @param value is the value to be set in the column
	 */
	void setValue(int index, Object value);
	
	/**
	 * Get a sequence of cell values of the row from a list of column positions
	 * @param colindexes is an array containing a sequence of column positions (0-based index)
	 * indicating the columns to return its values
	 * @return array containing the values of each column
	 */
	Object[] getValues(int[] colindexes);

	/**
	 * Change the values of a group of columns in the row
	 * @param colindexes is an integer array containing the 0-based position of
	 * the columns to set values
	 * @param values is an array of objects to set the column values
	 */
	void setValues(int[] colindexes, Object[] values);

	/**
	 * Return the 0-based position of the row in the list of rows
	 * @return the index of the row
	 */
	int getIndex();
	
	/**
	 * Return the list of values in the row
	 * @return
	 */
	List getValues();
}