1 /* 2 * $Header: /cvshome/build/org.osgi.service.device/src/org/osgi/service/device/Match.java,v 1.9 2006/06/16 16:31:29 hargrave Exp $ 3 * 4 * Copyright (c) OSGi Alliance (2001, 2006). All Rights Reserved. 5 * 6 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 7 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 8 * You may obtain a copy of the License at 9 * 10 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 11 * 12 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 13 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 14 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 15 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 16 * limitations under the License. 17 */ 18 package org.osgi.service.device; 19 20 import org.osgi.framework.ServiceReference; 21 22 /** 23 * Instances of <code>Match</code> are used in the {@link DriverSelector#select} 24 * method to identify Driver services matching a Device service. 25 * 26 * @version $Revision: 1.9 $ 27 * @since 1.1 28 * @see DriverSelector 29 */ 30 public interface Match { 31 /** 32 * Return the reference to a Driver service. 33 * 34 * @return <code>ServiceReference</code> object to a Driver service. 35 */ 36 public ServiceReference getDriver(); 37 38 /** 39 * Return the match value of this object. 40 * 41 * @return the match value returned by this Driver service. 42 */ 43 public int getMatchValue(); 44 } 45