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package org.apache.felix.dependencymanager;

/**
 * Describes a service component dependency. They form descriptions of dependencies
 * that are managed by the dependency manager. They can be used to query their state
 * for monitoring tools. The dependency manager shell command is an example of
 * such a tool.
 * 
 * @author <a href="mailto:dev@felix.apache.org">Felix Project Team</a>
 */
public interface ServiceComponentDependency {
    /** Names for the states of this dependency. */
    public static final String[] STATE_NAMES = { 
        "optional unavailable", 
        "optional available", 
        "required unavailable", 
        "required available" 
        };
    /** State constant for an unavailable, optional dependency. */
    public static final int STATE_UNAVAILABLE_OPTIONAL = 0;
    /** State constant for an available, optional dependency. */
    public static final int STATE_AVAILABLE_OPTIONAL = 1;
    /** State constant for an unavailable, required dependency. */
    public static final int STATE_UNAVAILABLE_REQUIRED = 2;
    /** State constant for an available, required dependency. */
    public static final int STATE_AVAILABLE_REQUIRED = 3;
    /** Returns the name of this dependency. */
    public String getName();
    /** Returns the name of the type of this dependency. */
    public String getType();
    /** Returns the state of this dependency. */
    public int getState();
}