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): Vivien Quema 22 * Contributor(s): 23 */ 24 25 package org.objectweb.dream.protocol; 26 27 import java.io.Serializable; 28 29 /** 30 * This interface represents a process. A process has an identifier (which is a 31 * <code>short</code>). 32 */ 33 public interface Process extends Serializable 34 { 35 /** 36 * Returns the identifier of the process. 37 * 38 * @return the identifier of the process. 39 */ 40 short getId(); 41 42 /** 43 * Sets the identifier of the process. 44 * 45 * @param id the identifier to set. 46 */ 47 void setId(short id); 48 49 /** 50 * Clones the process. 51 * 52 * @return a clone of the process. 53 * @throws CloneNotSupportedException if the process is not cloneable. 54 */ 55 Object clone() throws CloneNotSupportedException; 56 }