/**
* This file is part of CloudML [ http://cloudml.org ]
*
* Copyright (C) 2012 - SINTEF ICT
* Contact: Franck Chauvel <franck.chauvel@sintef.no>
*
* Module: root
*
* CloudML is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
* published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of
* the License, or (at your option) any later version.
*
* CloudML is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
* WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
* GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General
* Public License along with CloudML. If not, see
* <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
*/
package org.cloudml.facade;
import org.cloudml.core.Deployment;
import org.cloudml.facade.commands.CloudMlCommand;
import org.cloudml.facade.commands.CommandHandler;
import org.cloudml.facade.events.EventHandler;
/**
* The general interface of the CloudML facade
*/
public interface CloudML extends CommandHandler{
/**
* Require the facade to perform a new command, without blocking on it
*
* @param command the command to execute
*
* @return the associated execution object
*/
public Execution fireAndForget(CloudMlCommand command);
/**
* Require the facade to perform a command, and wait for the command to be
* complete. This is a blocking operation.
*
* @param command the command to execute
*
* @return the associated execution object
*/
public Execution fireAndWait(CloudMlCommand command);
/**
* Register a new event handler.
*
* @param handler the new handler to register
*/
public void register(EventHandler handler);
/**
* Properly free the resources allocated by the facade
*/
public void terminate();
/**
* In order to monitor the changes from outside
* @return
*/
public Deployment getDeploymentModel();
public Deployment merge(String path);
}