1 /** 2 * MEDOR: Middleware Enabling Distributed Object Requests 3 * 4 * Copyright (C) 2001-2003 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, A. Lefebvre 22 */ 23 24 package org.objectweb.medor.optim.api; 25 26 import java.util.List; 27 28 /** 29 * This interface describes the configuration of a set of rules used by 30 * the QueryRewriter. 31 */ 32 public interface RuleConfiguration { 33 /** 34 * Adds a rule to a configuration, together with parameters such 35 * as the number of times the rules is applied (once, saturation) 36 * @param rule the rule to be added. 37 */ 38 void addRule(RewriteRule rule); 39 40 /** 41 * Deletes a rule from the configuration. 42 * @param rule the rule to be removed 43 */ 44 void removeRule(RewriteRule rule); 45 46 /** 47 * Gives the List of rules in the configuration 48 * @return the List of rules in the configuration 49 */ List getRules(); 50 } 51