CausalityTransformerAttributeController


1   /**
2    * Dream
3    * Copyright (C) 2003-2004 INRIA Rhone-Alpes
4    *
5    * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
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15   * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
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18   *
19   * Contact: dream@objectweb.org
20   *
21   * Initial developer(s): Matthieu Leclercq
22   * Contributor(s): 
23   */
24  
25  package org.objectweb.dream.protocol.causality;
26  
27  import org.objectweb.fractal.api.control.AttributeController;
28  
29  /**
30   * Causality message transformer attribute controller interface. It defines :
31   * <ul>
32   * <li>the name of the {@link org.objectweb.dream.protocol.ArrowChunk }used to
33   * know the source or the destination process of messages.</li>
34   * <li>the name of the {@link CausalityChunk }where the matrix clock, or the
35   * updates are stored.</li>
36   * </ul>
37   */
38  public interface CausalityTransformerAttributeController
39      extends
40        AttributeController
41  {
42  
43    /**
44     * Returns the name of the {@link org.objectweb.dream.protocol.ArrowChunk }
45     * used to know the source or the destination process of messages.
46     * 
47     * @return the name of the {@link org.objectweb.dream.protocol.ArrowChunk }
48     *         used to know the source or the destination process of messages.
49     */
50    String   getArrowChunkName();
51  
52    /**
53     * Sets the name of the {@link org.objectweb.dream.protocol.ArrowChunk }used
54     * to know the source or the destination process of messages.
55     * 
56     * @param arrowChunkName the name of the
57     *          {@link org.objectweb.dream.protocol.ArrowChunk }used to know the
58     *          source or the destination process of messages.
59     */
60    void setArrowChunkName(String   arrowChunkName);
61  
62    /**
63     * Returns the name of the {@link CausalityChunk }where the matrix clock, or
64     * the updates are stored.
65     * 
66     * @return the name of the {@link CausalityChunk }where the matrix clock, or
67     *         the updates are stored.
68     */
69    String   getCausalityChunkName();
70  
71    /**
72     * Sets the name of the {@link CausalityChunk }where the matrix clock, or the
73     * updates are stored.
74     * 
75     * @param causalityChunkName the name of the {@link CausalityChunk }where the
76     *          matrix clock, or the updates are stored.
77     */
78    void setCausalityChunkName(String   causalityChunkName);
79  
80  }
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