/*
- * Copyright 2007 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2005-2010 the original author or authors.
*
* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
*/
package org.wamblee.system.core;
-import java.util.Collection;
/**
- * Represents an interface provided by a component.
- * Different component objects should never share ProvidedInterface instances!
- *
+ * Represents an interface provided by a component. Different component objects
+ * should never share ProvidedInterface instances!
+ *
* @author Erik Brakkee
*/
public interface ProvidedInterface extends NamedInterface {
-
- /**
- * Returns the service type.
- * @return Service type.
- */
- Class[] getInterfaceTypes();
+ /**
+ * Returns the service type.
+ *
+ * @return Service type.
+ */
+ Class[] getInterfaceTypes();
- /**
- * Publishes an implementation of the interface. The implementation must
- * call {@link Scope#publishInterface(ProvidedInterface, Object)} to publish the
- * interface implementation in a given scope.
- * @param aImplementation Implementation to publish.
- * @param aScope Scope in which to publish the implementation.
- */
- void publish(Object aImplementation, Scope aScope);
-
-
- /**
- * Determines whether the current provided interface exceeds the given provided interface.
- * In other words if it can provide at least what the given provided interface can provide.
- * @param aInterface Interface to compare to.
- * @return True if the current interface exceeds the given provided interface.
- */
- boolean covers(ProvidedInterface aInterface);
+ /**
+ * Determines whether the current provided interface exceeds the given
+ * provided interface. In other words if it can provide at least what the
+ * given provided interface can provide.
+ *
+ * @param aInterface
+ * Interface to compare to.
+ *
+ * @return True if the current interface exceeds the given provided
+ * interface.
+ */
+ boolean covers(ProvidedInterface aInterface);
}