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Interface LCIntrospectionController

All Superinterfaces:

LifeCycleController

public interface LCIntrospectionController
extends LifeCycleController

The controller interface for introspecting the life cycle controllers. Implementors of this controller may externally fetch the current lifecycle state of a given component. They may also fetch the whole possible states as well as the possible successors of the current state in the lifecycle.

Author:

Frederic Peschanski

Method Summary

LCState[]	getAllStates() fetch the whole possible lifecycle states of a component.
LCState[]	getNextPossibleStates() fetch the possible successors of the current lifecycle state of a component.
LCState	getState() fetch the current lifecycle state of a component.

Method Detail

getState

LCState getState()

fetch the current lifecycle state of a component.

Returns:

the description of the current lifecycle state

getAllStates

LCState[] getAllStates()

fetch the whole possible lifecycle states of a component.

Returns:

the description of the current lifecycle state

getNextPossibleStates

LCState[] getNextPossibleStates()

fetch the possible successors of the current lifecycle state of a component.

Returns:

the description of the current lifecycle state