/*

  Copyright (C) 2006 Grid Systems, S.A.

  This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or

  modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public

  License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either

  version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

  This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,

  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of

  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU

  Lesser General Public License for more details.

  You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public

  License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software

  Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301 USA

 */

 package nextgrid.api.env;

 import java.io.Serializable;

 import java.util.Collection;

 import nextgrid.api.pom.Process;

 import nextgrid.api.pom.AbstractProcess;

 import nextgrid.api.pom.QueryProfile;

 /**

  * Type description.

  *

  * @author Rodrigo Ruiz

  */

 public interface ProcessDiscoverer extends Serializable {

   /**

    * Searches through associated registries all processes matching the semantic

    * description of the abstract process passed as a parameter.

    *

    * @param process The abstract process to match to

    * @return A collection of results

    * @throws DiscoveryException If an error occurs during discovery

    */

   Collection<Process> discover(final AbstractProcess process)

     throws DiscoveryException;

   /**

    * Searches through associated registries all processes matching the

    * specified query profile.

    *

    * @param profile A query profile to be evaluated

    * @return A collection of results

    * @throws DiscoveryException If an error occurs during discovery

    */

   Collection<Process> discover(final QueryProfile profile)

     throws DiscoveryException;

 }