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1 /***
2  * Julia: France Telecom's implementation of the Fractal API
3  * Copyright (C) 2001-2002 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: Eric.Bruneton@rd.francetelecom.com
20  *
21  * Author: Eric Bruneton
22  */

23
24 package org.objectweb.fractal.julia;
25
26 import org.objectweb.fractal.api.Interface;
27
28 /**
29  * An extended {@link Interface} interface. This extended interface provides
30  * access to the object that implements a component interface.
31  */

32
33 public interface ComponentInterface extends Interface {
34
35   /**
36    * Sets the name of this component interface.
37    *
38    * @param name the new name of this component interface.
39    */

40
41   void setFcItfName (String JavaDoc name);
42
43   /**
44    * Returns the object that implements this component interface.
45    *
46    * @return the object that implements this component interface.
47    * @see #setFcItfImpl setFcItfImpl
48    */

49
50   Object JavaDoc getFcItfImpl ();
51
52   /**
53    * Sets the object that implements this component interface.
54    *
55    * @param impl the object that implements this component interface.
56    * @see #getFcItfImpl getFcItfImpl
57    */

58
59   void setFcItfImpl (Object JavaDoc impl);
60
61   /**
62    * Returns <tt>true</tt> if this interface has a permanently associated
63    * interceptor. Note that, due to the algorithm to compute shortcut links
64    * between components, the object that implements this component interface may
65    * temporarily be an interceptor object, even if this interface has no
66    * permanently associated interceptor. This method is therefore NOT equivalent
67    * to {@link #getFcItfImpl getFcItfImpl} <tt>instanceof Interceptor</tt> (but
68    * it implies it).
69    *
70    * @return <tt>true</tt> if this interface has a permanently associated
71    * interceptor.
72    */

73
74   boolean hasFcInterceptor ();
75
76   /**
77    * Creates and returns a copy of this component interface.
78    *
79    * @return a copy of this component interface.
80    */

81
82   Object JavaDoc clone ();
83 }
84
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