1 /*==================================================================== 2 3 OpenCCM: The Open CORBA Component Model Platform 4 Copyright (C) 2000-2004 INRIA - USTL - LIFL - GOAL 5 Contact: openccm@objectweb.org 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 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 20 USA 21 22 Initial developer(s): Briclet Frédéric. 23 Contributor(s): ______________________________________. 24 25 ====================================================================*/ 26 package org.objectweb.openccm.descriptor.componentassembly.ccm.deployer.base; 27 28 /** 29 * The DeployerState interface specify all the method that a deployer state 30 * must implement to be a valide deployer state. 31 * 32 * @author <a HREF="mailto:briclet@lifl.fr">Frederic Briclet</a> 33 * 34 * @version 0.1 35 */ 36 public interface DeployerState { 37 /** 38 * The followingSate method provided the following deployer state. 39 * 40 * @return the following deployer state. 41 */ 42 public DeployerState 43 followingState(); 44 45 /** 46 * The getStateName method allow to retrieve a String identifier of 47 * this state. The string identifier return is base on computation of 48 * the state class name. 49 * 50 * @return The string name of the DeloyerState 51 */ 52 public String 53 getStateName(); 54 55 } 56