01: // Copyright 2005 The Apache Software Foundation
02: //
03: // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
04: // you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
05: // You may obtain a copy of the License at
06: //
07: // http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
08: //
09: // Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
10: // distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
11: // WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
12: // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
13: // limitations under the License.
14:
15: package org.apache.hivemind.service;
16:
17: /**
18: * A cousin to {@link org.apache.hivemind.service.ClassFab} used to create new interfaces.
19: *
20: * @author Howard M. Lewis Ship
21: * @since 1.1
22: */
23: public interface InterfaceFab {
24: /**
25: * Adds the specified interface as an interface extended by this interface.
26: */
27: public void addInterface(Class interfaceClass);
28:
29: /**
30: * Adds the method to the interface. Interface methods are always public.
31: */
32:
33: public void addMethod(MethodSignature signature);
34:
35: /**
36: * Creates a Class object for the fabricated interface.
37: */
38:
39: public Class createInterface();
40: }
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