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.env;
19
20 import java.io.Serializable;
21 import java.util.Collection;
22
23 import nextgrid.api.pom.Process;
24 import nextgrid.api.pom.AbstractProcess;
25 import nextgrid.api.pom.QueryProfile;
26
27 /**
28 * Type description.
29 *
30 * @author Rodrigo Ruiz
31 */
32 public interface ProcessDiscoverer extends Serializable {
33
34 /**
35 * Searches through associated registries all processes matching the semantic
36 * description of the abstract process passed as a parameter.
37 *
38 * @param process The abstract process to match to
39 * @return A collection of results
40 * @throws DiscoveryException If an error occurs during discovery
41 */
42 Collection<Process> discover(final AbstractProcess process)
43 throws DiscoveryException;
44
45 /**
46 * Searches through associated registries all processes matching the
47 * specified query profile.
48 *
49 * @param profile A query profile to be evaluated
50 * @return A collection of results
51 * @throws DiscoveryException If an error occurs during discovery
52 */
53 Collection<Process> discover(final QueryProfile profile)
54 throws DiscoveryException;
55 }