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Interface ComponentType

All Known Implementing Classes:

ComponentTypeDescriptor

public interface ComponentType

The Component Type interface Component types possess a name and an implementation (definition) A subtyping hierarchy is provided, Component being the top-level component type. Note: A component type is a subtype of another component type if it requires supertypes and provides subtypes of the services. Also, it must implement at least the same controllers.

Author:

Frederic Peschanski

Method Summary

java.lang.Class<?>	getImplementation() get the implementation of the component type
java.lang.String	getName() get the name of the component type (a component type name is unique)
boolean	isSameType(ComponentType type2)
boolean	isStrictSubType(ComponentType supertype)
boolean	isStrictSuperType(ComponentType subtype)
boolean	isSubType(ComponentType supertype)
boolean	isSuperType(ComponentType subtype)
boolean	isTypeOf(java.lang.Object o)

Method Detail

getName

java.lang.String getName()

get the name of the component type (a component type name is unique)

Returns:

the name of the component type

getImplementation

java.lang.Class<?> getImplementation()

get the implementation of the component type

Returns:

the implementation of the component type

isSuperType

boolean isSuperType(ComponentType subtype)

isSubType

boolean isSubType(ComponentType supertype)

isSameType

boolean isSameType(ComponentType type2)

isStrictSuperType

boolean isStrictSuperType(ComponentType subtype)

isStrictSubType

boolean isStrictSubType(ComponentType supertype)

isTypeOf

boolean isTypeOf(java.lang.Object o)