PlacementConstraintBuilder.java

/*
 * Copyright (c) 2010 Ecole des Mines de Nantes.
 *
 *      This file is part of Entropy.
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 */

package entropy.vjob.builder;

import java.util.List;

import entropy.vjob.PlacementConstraint;
import entropy.vjob.VJobElement;

/**
 * An interface to specify a generic PlacementConstraint builder.
 *
 * @author Fabien Hermenier
 */
public interface PlacementConstraintBuilder {

    /**
     * Get the identifier of the constraint.
     *
     * @return a string
     */
    String getIdentifier();

    /**
     * Get the signature of the constraint.
     *
     * @return a string
     */
    String getSignature();

    /**
     * Build the constraint
     *
     * @param params the parameters of the constraint.
     * @return the constraint
     * @throws ConstraintBuilderException if an error occurred while building the constraint
     */
    PlacementConstraint buildConstraint(List<VJobElement> params) throws ConstraintBuilderException;

}