*
* @author Erik Brakkee
*/
-public interface ProvidedInterface {
-
- /**
- * Symbolic name for the service as used by the subsystem.
- * @return Service name.
- */
- String getName();
+public interface ProvidedInterface extends NamedInterface {
/**
* Returns the service type.
* @return Service type.
*/
Class[] getInterfaceTypes();
-
- /**
- * Gets the unique if of the provided interface.
- */
- String getUniqueId();
-
+
+
/**
- * 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.
+ * 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.
*/
- void publish(Object aImplementation, Scope aScope);
+ boolean covers(ProvidedInterface aInterface);
}