| /* |
| * Copyright 2006 The Apache Software Foundation |
| * |
| * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); |
| * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. |
| * You may obtain a copy of the License at |
| * |
| * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 |
| * |
| * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software |
| * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, |
| * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. |
| * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and |
| * limitations under the License. |
| * |
| */ |
| package org.apache.felix.servicebinder.architecture; |
| |
| import org.apache.felix.servicebinder.DependencyMetadata; |
| |
| /** |
| * Interface for a dependency |
| * |
| * @author <a href="mailto:felix-dev@incubator.apache.org">Felix Project Team</a> |
| */ |
| public interface Dependency |
| { |
| /** |
| * get the dependency state |
| * |
| * @return the state of the dependency |
| **/ |
| public int getDependencyState(); |
| |
| /** |
| * get the dependency metadata |
| * |
| * @return the metadata of the dependency |
| **/ |
| public DependencyMetadata getDependencyMetadata(); |
| |
| /** |
| * get the bound service objects |
| * |
| * @return the bound Instances |
| **/ |
| public Instance []getBoundInstances(); |
| } |