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1 /***
2  * Fractal API
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24
25 package org.objectweb.fractal.api.type;
26
27 import org.objectweb.fractal.api.Type;
28 import org.objectweb.fractal.api.NoSuchInterfaceException;
29
30 /**
31  * A component type. A component type is just a collection of component
32  * interface types, which describes the interfaces that components of this type
33  * must or may have at runtime.
34  */
35
36 public interface ComponentType extends Type {
37
38   /**
39    * Returns the types of the interfaces of components of this type.
40    *
41    * @return the types of the interfaces that components of this type must or
42    * may have at runtime.
43    */
44
45   InterfaceType[] getFcInterfaceTypes ();
46
47   /**
48    * Returns an interface type of this component type from its name. This method
49    * is not strictly necessary, as it can be implemented by using the {@link
50    * #getFcInterfaceTypes getFcInterfaceTypes} method. But it is convenient and
51    * can be implemented more efficiently than with the previous method. This is
52    * why it is specified here.
53    *
54    * @param name the name of one of the interface types returned by {@link
55    * #getFcInterfaceTypes getFcInterfaceTypes} (see {@link
56    * InterfaceType#getFcItfName getFcItfName}).
57    * @return the interface type of this component type whose name is equal to
58    * the given name (see {@link InterfaceType#getFcItfName getFcItfName}).
59    * @throws NoSuchInterfaceException if there is no such interface type.
60    */
61
62   InterfaceType getFcInterfaceType (String JavaDoc name)
63     throws NoSuchInterfaceException;
64 }
65
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