org.jboss.dependency.spi
Interface DependencyItem

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractDependencyItem

public interface DependencyItem

Information about a single dependency.

Version:

$Revision: 63688 $

Author:

Adrian Brock

Method Summary

ControllerState	getDependentState() Get the dependent's state
Object	getIDependOn() Get the object name i depend on
Object	getName() Get my object name
ControllerState	getWhenRequired() Get when the dependency is required
boolean	isResolved() Whether we are resolved
boolean	resolve(Controller controller) Try to resolve
String	toHumanReadableString() Return a human readable version of the dependency
boolean	unresolved(Controller controller) Mark the dependency as unresolved

Method Detail

getIDependOn

Object getIDependOn()

Get the object name i depend on

Returns:

the name

getName

Object getName()

Get my object name

Returns:

the name

getWhenRequired

ControllerState getWhenRequired()

Get when the dependency is required

Returns:

the state when required

getDependentState

ControllerState getDependentState()

Get the dependent's state

Returns:

the state of the required of the dependent

isResolved

boolean isResolved()

Whether we are resolved

Returns:

true for resolved, false otherwise

resolve

boolean resolve(Controller controller)

Try to resolve

Parameters:

controller - the controller

Returns:

true for resolved, false otherwise

unresolved

boolean unresolved(Controller controller)

Mark the dependency as unresolved

Parameters:

controller - the controller

Returns:

true if proceed with unresolving, false otherwise

toHumanReadableString

String toHumanReadableString()

Return a human readable version of the dependency

Returns:

the string