ChunkType


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): Matthieu Leclercq
23   */
24  
25  package org.objectweb.dream.message;
26  
27  /**
28   * A component chunk type. Such a type is made of a list of method signatures,
29   * which describes the methods provided by this chunk.
30   */
31  public interface ChunkType
32  {
33  
34    /**
35     * Returns the signatures of the methods provided by chunks of this type. In
36     * Java this method returns the fully qualified name of a Java interface
37     * corresponding to these method signatures.
38     * 
39     * @return the signatures of the methods provided by chunks of this type.
40     */
41    String   getChunkSignature();
42  
43    /**
44     * Returns <code>true</code> if this chunk type if a sub type of the given
45     * chunk type.
46     * 
47     * @param t a chunk type
48     * @return <code>true</code> if this chunk type if a sub type of the given
49     *         chunk type.
50     */
51    boolean isSubTypeOf(ChunkType t);
52  }
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