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.pump; 26 27 import org.objectweb.dream.control.activity.ActiveComponentAttributeController; 28 29 /** 30 * Attribute controller for pump components. If the <code>PushNullPolicy</code> 31 * is set to <code>true</code>, then if the message returned by the pull 32 * invocation is <code>null</code>, it is pushed. otherwise <code>null</code> 33 * is not pushed and another message is pulled. The default value is 34 * <code>false</code>. 35 */ 36 public interface PumpAttributeController 37 extends 38 ActiveComponentAttributeController 39 { 40 41 /** 42 * Returns the PushNullPolicy. 43 * 44 * @return the PushNullPolicy. 45 */ 46 boolean getPushNullPolicy(); 47 48 /** 49 * Sets the PushNullPolicy. 50 * 51 * @param pushNull the PushNullPolicy. 52 */ 53 void setPushNullPolicy(boolean pushNull); 54 }