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1 /***
2  * FractalGUI: a graphical tool to edit Fractal component configurations.
3  * Copyright (C) 2003 France Telecom R&D
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: fractal@objectweb.org
20  *
21  * Authors: Eric Bruneton, Patrice Fauvel
22  */
23
24 package org.objectweb.fractal.gui.model;
25
26 /**
27  * A binding between a client and a server interface.
28  */
29
30 public interface Binding {
31
32   /**
33    * The {@link #getStatus status} flags corresponding to a valid binding.
34    */
35
36   long OK = 0;
37
38   /**
39    * A {@link #getStatus status} flag indicating that the client interface and
40    * the server interface are not compatible.
41    */
42
43   long INCOMPATIBLE_TYPE_INTERFACES = 1;
44
45
46   /**
47    * Returns the status of this binding.
48    *
49    * @return the status of this binding.
50    * @see #setStatus
51    */
52
53   long getStatus ();
54
55   /**
56    * Sets the status of this binding.
57    *
58    * @param status the new status of this bindinge.
59    * @see #getStatus
60    */
61
62   void setStatus (long status);
63
64   /**
65    * Returns the client interface that is bound by this binding.
66    *
67    * @return the client interface that is bound by this binding.
68    */
69
70   ClientInterface getClientInterface ();
71
72   /**
73    * Returns the server interface that is bound by this binding.
74    *
75    * @return the server interface that is bound by this binding.
76    */
77
78   ServerInterface getServerInterface ();
79
80   // TODO ajouter un status, le mettre a jour quand il faut
81 // (erreurs possibles: incompatible interface types, client and server
82 // components do not have a common parent...)
83 }
84
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