1 /** 2 * MEDOR: Middleware Enabling Distributed Object Requests 3 * 4 * Copyright (C) 2001-2004 France Telecom R&D 5 * Contact: alexandre.lefebvre@rd.francetelecom.com 6 * 7 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or 8 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public 9 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either 10 * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. 11 * 12 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, 13 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of 14 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU 15 * Lesser General Public License for more details. 16 * 17 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public 18 * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software 19 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA 20 * 21 * Initial developers: M. Alia, S. Chassande-Barrioz, A. Lefebvre 22 */ 23 package org.objectweb.medor.optim.api; 24 25 import org.objectweb.medor.query.api.QueryLeaf; 26 import org.objectweb.medor.query.api.QueryTree; 27 import org.objectweb.medor.api.MedorException; 28 29 /** 30 * A LeafRewriter is able to rewrite some types of QueryLeaf implementation. 31 * 32 * @author S. Chassande-Barrioz 33 */ 34 public interface LeafRewriter { 35 36 /** 37 * It returns true is the QueryLeaf can be rewrite by this LeafRewriter. 38 */ 39 boolean canRewrite(QueryLeaf ql); 40 41 /** 42 * It rewrites the QueryLeaf into a QueryTree. 43 */ 44 QueryTree rewrite(QueryLeaf ql) throws MedorException; 45 46 } 47