1 /*==================================================================== 2 3 Objectweb Explorer Framework 4 Copyright (C) 2000-2005 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): Jerome Moroy, Philippe Merle. 23 Contributor(s): ______________________________________. 24 25 ==================================================================== 26 $Id: Code.java,v 1.2 2005/07/06 15:36:01 moroy Exp $ 27 ====================================================================*/ 28 29 package org.objectweb.util.explorer.core.code.api; 30 31 /** 32 * Defines the concept of Code. 33 * 34 * @author <a HREF="mailto:Jerome.Moroy@lifl.fr">Jérôme Moroy</a>, 35 * <a HREF="mailto:Philippe.Merle@lifl.fr">Philippe Merle</a>. 36 * 37 * @version 0.1 38 */ 39 public interface Code 40 { 41 /** 42 * Indicates if the code may be cast into the given class. 43 */ 44 public boolean isInstanceOf(Class c); 45 46 /** 47 * Create an instance of the given Code. 48 * @return 49 */ 50 public Object createInstance(); 51 52 } 53