01: /*
02:
03: Derby - Class org.apache.derby.iapi.sql.depend.Provider
04:
05: Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
06: contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
07: this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
08: The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0
09: (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
10: the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
11:
12: http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
13:
14: Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
15: distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
16: WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
17: See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
18: limitations under the License.
19:
20: */
21:
22: package org.apache.derby.iapi.sql.depend;
23:
24: import org.apache.derby.catalog.Dependable;
25:
26: import org.apache.derby.iapi.error.StandardException;
27:
28: import org.apache.derby.iapi.sql.conn.LanguageConnectionContext;
29:
30: /**
31: A provider is an object that others can build dependencies
32: on. Providers can themselves also be dependents and thus
33: be invalid/revalidated in turn. Revalidating a provider may,
34: as a side-effect, re-validate its dependents -- it is up to
35: the implementation to determine the appropriate action.
36: */
37: public interface Provider extends Dependable {
38:
39: }
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