1 /*
2 Copyright (C) 2007 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 /**
21 * A Service is a concrete process.
22 * <p>
23 * A Service represents a local or remote process instance. It contains
24 * a "grounding", which contains the specifities of the process logic and
25 * how to invoke it.
26 * <p>
27 * Using OO terms, the Service grounding represents the process "instance",
28 * while the Service itself represents the "type" of the service.
29 *
30 * @author Rodrigo Ruiz
31 */
32 public interface Service extends Process {
33 /**
34 * Gets the grounding associated to this service.
35 *
36 * @return The service grounding
37 */
38 Grounding getGrounding();
39
40 /**
41 * Sets the grounding associated to this service.
42 *
43 * @param g The grounding to set
44 */
45 void setGrounding(Grounding g);
46 }