org.apache.felix.servicebinder/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/servicebinder/architecture/Dependency.java

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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();
}