1 /***
2 *
3 * The owl-s matcher software is subject to the GNU Lesser General
4 * Public License Version 2.1 (the "License"). You may not copy or use this
5 * file, in either source code or executable form, except in compliance
6 * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
7 * http://www.fsf.org/licenses/lgpl.txt or http://www.opensource.org/.
8 *
9 * Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS"
10 * basis, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied without
11 * even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
12 * PURPOSE. See the License for the specific language governing rights and
13 * limitations under the License.
14 *
15 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
16 * License along with this distribution; if not, write to the
17 *
18 * Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
19 * 59 Temple Place, Suite 330,
20 * Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
21 *
22 * Copyright (C) 2003-2004
23 * TU Berlin, FG IVS
24 * Stefan Tang,
25 * Christoph Liebetruth,
26 * Michael C. Jaeger,
27 *
28 * More information available at http://ivs.tu-berlin.de/
29 *
30 * $Id$
31 *
32 */
33 package de.tuberlin.ivs.owl.matching;
34
35 import de.tuberlin.ivs.owl.service.Service;
36
37 /***
38 * Interface for user-defined plug-ins. Every plug-in has to implement this
39 * interface to allow dynamic invocation.
40 *
41 * @author Stefan Tang (steftang@stanford.edu), Christoph Liebetruth (christophl@voelcker.com)
42 * @version 1.1
43 */
44 public interface UserPlugIn {
45
46 /***
47 * The match method of the plug-in. Every implemented plug-in has to implement
48 * this method.
49 * @param reqService The requested service.
50 * @param advService The advertised service.
51 * @param reasoner An instance of the reasoner that holds the current knowledge
52 * base.
53 * @return True if the plug-in should match, flase otherwise.
54 */
55 public boolean match(Service reqService, Service advService, Reasoner reasoner);
56 }