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| 1 | /* | |
| 2 | Copyright (C) 2006 Grid Systems, S.A. | |
| 3 | ||
| 4 | This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or | |
| 5 | modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public | |
| 6 | License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either | |
| 7 | version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. | |
| 8 | ||
| 9 | This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, | |
| 10 | but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of | |
| 11 | MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU | |
| 12 | Lesser General Public License for more details. | |
| 13 | ||
| 14 | You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public | |
| 15 | License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software | |
| 16 | Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA | |
| 17 | */ | |
| 18 | package nextgrid.api.pom; | |
| 19 | ||
| 20 | import java.util.Set; | |
| 21 | import java.util.concurrent.locks.Lock; | |
| 22 | ||
| 23 | ||
| 24 | /** | |
| 25 | * Models an EndPointReference, that is, a reference to a remote process. | |
| 26 | * <p> | |
| 27 | * This reference must be filled in during workflow enaction. | |
| 28 | * | |
| 29 | * @param <T> The type of the referenced value | |
| 30 | * @author Rodrigo Ruiz | |
| 31 | */ | |
| 32 | public interface Reference<T> extends java.io.Serializable, Cloneable { | |
| 33 | ||
| 34 | /** | |
| 35 | * Depending on the reference nature, it may be necessary to free resources, | |
| 36 | * or perform some kind of finalisation. | |
| 37 | */ | |
| 38 | void dispose(); | |
| 39 | ||
| 40 | /** | |
| 41 | * makes a deep copy of this instance. | |
| 42 | * | |
| 43 | * @return A deep copy | |
| 44 | */ | |
| 45 | Reference<T> copy(); | |
| 46 | ||
| 47 | /** | |
| 48 | * Clears the reader and writer lists. | |
| 49 | */ | |
| 50 | void clearLinks(); | |
| 51 | ||
| 52 | /** | |
| 53 | * Clears the value and marks the reference as not available. | |
| 54 | */ | |
| 55 | void reset(); | |
| 56 | ||
| 57 | /** | |
| 58 | * Adds a process to the readers list. | |
| 59 | * | |
| 60 | * @param reader The process to add | |
| 61 | */ | |
| 62 | void addReader(Process reader); | |
| 63 | ||
| 64 | /** | |
| 65 | * Adds a process to the writers list. | |
| 66 | * | |
| 67 | * @param writer The process to add | |
| 68 | */ | |
| 69 | void addWriter(Process writer); | |
| 70 | ||
| 71 | /** | |
| 72 | * Removes a process from the readers list. | |
| 73 | * | |
| 74 | * @param reader The process to remove | |
| 75 | */ | |
| 76 | void removeReader(Process reader); | |
| 77 | ||
| 78 | /** | |
| 79 | * Removes a process from the writers list. | |
| 80 | * | |
| 81 | * @param writer The process to remove | |
| 82 | */ | |
| 83 | void removeWriter(Process writer); | |
| 84 | ||
| 85 | /** | |
| 86 | * Gets the writer processes attached to this reference. | |
| 87 | * | |
| 88 | * @return Returns the writers. | |
| 89 | */ | |
| 90 | Set<Process> getWriters(); | |
| 91 | ||
| 92 | /** | |
| 93 | * Gets the reader processes attached to this reference. | |
| 94 | * | |
| 95 | * @return Returns the readers. | |
| 96 | */ | |
| 97 | Set<Process> getReaders(); | |
| 98 | ||
| 99 | /** | |
| 100 | * Gets the referenced value. | |
| 101 | * | |
| 102 | * @return The value | |
| 103 | */ | |
| 104 | T getValue(); | |
| 105 | ||
| 106 | /** | |
| 107 | * Sets the referenced value. | |
| 108 | * | |
| 109 | * @param value The value | |
| 110 | */ | |
| 111 | void setValue(Object value); | |
| 112 | ||
| 113 | /** | |
| 114 | * Gets the value after casting it to the specified type. | |
| 115 | * | |
| 116 | * @param type The target type | |
| 117 | * @return An object instance of the specified type | |
| 118 | * @throws ClassCastException If the value cannot be correctly casted | |
| 119 | */ | |
| 120 | Object castTo(Class<?> type); | |
| 121 | ||
| 122 | /** | |
| 123 | * Gets a class instance representing the type of referenced values. | |
| 124 | * | |
| 125 | * @return A class instance | |
| 126 | */ | |
| 127 | Class<T> getValueType(); | |
| 128 | ||
| 129 | /** | |
| 130 | * Gets if the value can be casted to the specified type. | |
| 131 | * <p> | |
| 132 | * This method is used by processes to validate input references. | |
| 133 | * | |
| 134 | * @param type The type to cast to | |
| 135 | * @return true if it can | |
| 136 | */ | |
| 137 | boolean canCastTo(Class<?> type); | |
| 138 | ||
| 139 | /** | |
| 140 | * Gets if the value can be converted from the specified type. | |
| 141 | * <p> | |
| 142 | * This method is used by processes to validate output references. | |
| 143 | * | |
| 144 | * @param type The type to cast from | |
| 145 | * @return true if it can | |
| 146 | */ | |
| 147 | boolean canCastFrom(Class<?> type); | |
| 148 | ||
| 149 | /** | |
| 150 | * Gets if the reference is available for reading. | |
| 151 | * | |
| 152 | * @return true if it can be read | |
| 153 | */ | |
| 154 | boolean isAvailable(); | |
| 155 | ||
| 156 | /** | |
| 157 | * Sets the available flag. | |
| 158 | * | |
| 159 | * @param available The new flag value | |
| 160 | */ | |
| 161 | void setAvailable(boolean available); | |
| 162 | ||
| 163 | /** | |
| 164 | * Gets a lock for reading. | |
| 165 | * | |
| 166 | * @return A lock instance | |
| 167 | */ | |
| 168 | Lock readLock(); | |
| 169 | ||
| 170 | /** | |
| 171 | * Gets a lock for writing. | |
| 172 | * | |
| 173 | * @return A lock instance | |
| 174 | */ | |
| 175 | Lock writeLock(); | |
| 176 | ||
| 177 | /** | |
| 178 | * Waits until the reference is made available in another thread. | |
| 179 | * | |
| 180 | * @throws InterruptedException If the thread is interrupted while waiting | |
| 181 | */ | |
| 182 | void waitAvailable() throws InterruptedException; | |
| 183 | } |