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1 /**
2  * Dream
3  * Copyright (C) 2003-2004 INRIA Rhone-Alpes
4  *
5  * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
6  * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
7  * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
8  * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
9  *
10  * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
11  * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
12  * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
13  * Lesser General Public License for more details.
14  *
15  * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
16  * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
17  * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
18  *
19  * Contact: dream@objectweb.org
20  *
21  * Initial developer(s): Matthieu Leclercq
22  * Contributor(s):
23  */
24
25 package org.objectweb.dream.adl;
26
27 import java.util.Map JavaDoc;
28
29 import org.objectweb.fractal.adl.ADLException;
30 import org.objectweb.fractal.api.Component;
31
32 /**
33  * Reconfiguration interface. Allows to add components to a composite following
34  * an ADL definition.
35  */
36 public interface Reconfiguration
37 {
38
39   /**
40    * Adds sub component to the given composite component. The given ADL
41    * definition is a description of the given composite, where sub components
42    * set as <i>legacy </i> (tag
43    * <code>&lt;legacy contingency="mandatory"/&gt;</code>) are existing
44    * components and others are added components. Legacy component are retreived
45    * as direct or indirect sub component of the given composite. They can also
46    * be retreive in the <code>context</code> map with a key of the form :
47    * <code>"legacy:./&lt;path-to-the-legacy-component&gt;"</code>
48    *
49    * @param composite the componite component.
50    * @param reconfADL the reconfiguration ADL.
51    * @param context a context.
52    * @throws ADLException if an error occurs.
53    */
54   void addComponents(Component composite, String JavaDoc reconfADL, Map JavaDoc context)
55       throws ADLException;
56 }
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