1 /* 2 * ################################################################ 3 * 4 * ProActive: The Java(TM) library for Parallel, Distributed, 5 * Concurrent computing with Security and Mobility 6 * 7 * Copyright (C) 1997-2002 INRIA/University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis 8 * Contact: proactive-support@inria.fr 9 * 10 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or 11 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public 12 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either 13 * version 2.1 of the License, or any later version. 14 * 15 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, 16 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of 17 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU 18 * Lesser General Public License for more details. 19 * 20 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public 21 * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software 22 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 23 * USA 24 * 25 * Initial developer(s): The ProActive Team 26 * http://www.inria.fr/oasis/ProActive/contacts.html 27 * Contributor(s): 28 * 29 * ################################################################ 30 */ 31 package org.objectweb.proactive.core.node; 32 33 import org.objectweb.proactive.core.runtime.VMInformation; 34 35 /** 36 * <p> 37 * A class implementing this interface provides information about the node it is attached to. 38 * </p> 39 * 40 * @author ProActive Team 41 * @version 1.0, 2001/10/23 42 * @since ProActive 0.9 43 * 44 */ 45 public interface NodeInformation extends VMInformation { 46 47 /** 48 * Returns the name of the node 49 * @return the name of the node 50 */ 51 public String getName(); 52 53 54 /** 55 * Returns the protocol of the node 56 * @return the protocol of the node 57 */ 58 public String getProtocol(); 59 60 61 /** 62 * Returns the complete URL of the node in the form <code>protocol://host/nodeName</code> 63 * @return the complete URL of the node 64 */ 65 public String getURL(); 66 67 } 68