1 /* 2 * Copyright 2006 cintoo, Berlin, Germany 3 * 4 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 5 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 6 * You may obtain a copy of the License at 7 * 8 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 9 * 10 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 11 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 12 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 13 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 14 * limitations under the License. 15 */ 16 package api.cintoo.messages.context; 17 18 /** 19 * Context describes the scope of a bundle. Implementations 20 * are used to associate a bundle with a special context for 21 * example to associate bundles with specific pacakges. 22 * 23 * @author Stephan J. Schmidt 24 * @version $Id$ 25 * @since 1.0 26 */ 27 public interface Context extends Comparable { 28 /** 29 * Ask the context if it matches another context. 30 * 31 * @param context context to check against 32 * @return true if the context matches the other context 33 */ 34 public boolean matches(Context context); 35 } 36