/*
* Copyright 2007 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.
* 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.wamblee.system.core;
import java.util.Collection;
+
/**
* 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();
-
-
- /**
- * 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);
+ /**
+ * Returns the service type.
+ *
+ * @return Service type.
+ */
+ Class[] getInterfaceTypes();
+
+ /**
+ * 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);
}