nextgrid.api.env
Interface ProcessDiscoverer

All Superinterfaces:

java.io.Serializable

All Known Subinterfaces:

Discoverer

public interface ProcessDiscoverer
extends java.io.Serializable

Type description.

Author:

Rodrigo Ruiz

Method Summary

java.util.Collection<Process>	discover(AbstractProcess process) Searches through associated registries all processes matching the semantic description of the abstract process passed as a parameter.
java.util.Collection<Process>	discover(QueryProfile profile) Searches through associated registries all processes matching the specified query profile.

Method Detail

discover

java.util.Collection<Process> discover(AbstractProcess process)
                                       throws DiscoveryException

Searches through associated registries all processes matching the semantic description of the abstract process passed as a parameter.

Parameters:

process - The abstract process to match to

Returns:

A collection of results

Throws:

DiscoveryException - If an error occurs during discovery

discover

java.util.Collection<Process> discover(QueryProfile profile)
                                       throws DiscoveryException

Searches through associated registries all processes matching the specified query profile.

Parameters:

profile - A query profile to be evaluated

Returns:

A collection of results

Throws:

DiscoveryException - If an error occurs during discovery