org.jboss.dependency.spi
Interface DependencyInfo

All Superinterfaces:

Cloneable, org.jboss.util.JBossInterface

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractDependencyInfo

public interface DependencyInfo

extends org.jboss.util.JBossInterface

Information about dependencies.

Version:

$Revision: 1.2 $

Author:

Adrian Brock

Method Summary

void	addDependsOnMe(DependencyItem dependency) Add a dependency reference
void	addIDependOn(DependencyItem dependency) Add a dependency
Set	getDependsOnMe(Class type) Return what depends upon me
Set	getIDependOn(Class type) Return what we depend upon
Set	getUnresolvedDependencies() Return the unresolved dependencies
void	removeDependsOnMe(DependencyItem dependency) Remove a dependency reference
void	removeIDependOn(DependencyItem dependency) Remove a dependency
boolean	resolveDependencies(Controller controller, ControllerState state) Try to resolve dependencies

Methods inherited from interface org.jboss.util.JBossInterface

clone, toShortString, toShortString

Method Detail

getIDependOn

public Set getIDependOn(Class type)

Return what we depend upon

Parameters:

type - the class of the dependency or null for all types

Returns:

our dependencies

getDependsOnMe

public Set getDependsOnMe(Class type)

Return what depends upon me

Parameters:

type - the class of the dependency or null for all types

Returns:

what depends upon this

addIDependOn

public void addIDependOn(DependencyItem dependency)

Add a dependency

Parameters:

dependency - the dependency to add

removeIDependOn

public void removeIDependOn(DependencyItem dependency)

Remove a dependency

Parameters:

dependency - the dependency to remove

addDependsOnMe

public void addDependsOnMe(DependencyItem dependency)

Add a dependency reference

Parameters:

dependency - the dependency to add

removeDependsOnMe

public void removeDependsOnMe(DependencyItem dependency)

Remove a dependency reference

Parameters:

dependency - the dependency to remove

resolveDependencies

public boolean resolveDependencies(Controller controller,
                                   ControllerState state)

Try to resolve dependencies

Parameters:

controller - the controller

state - the state of dependency to resolve

Returns:

true when all dependencies are resolved

getUnresolvedDependencies

public Set getUnresolvedDependencies()

Return the unresolved dependencies

Returns:

our unresolved dependencies