ITransformation.java

/*
 * Copyright (c) 2012 Data Harmonisation Panel
 * 
 * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials are made
 * available 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.
 * 
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
 * along with this distribution. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 * 
 * Contributors:
 *     HUMBOLDT EU Integrated Project #030962
 *     Data Harmonisation Panel <http://www.dhpanel.eu>
 */

package eu.esdihumboldt.hale.io.oml.internal.model.align.ext;

import java.util.List;

import eu.esdihumboldt.hale.io.oml.internal.model.rdf.IAbout;
import eu.esdihumboldt.hale.io.oml.internal.model.rdf.IResource;

/**
 * The superinterface for all transformations.
 * 
 * @author Thorsten Reitz
 * @partner 01 / Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Graphics Research
 * @version $Id$
 */
public interface ITransformation {

	/**
	 * @return a List of Parameters that this Transformation accepts.
	 */
	public List<IParameter> getParameters();

	/**
	 * @return the URI grounding this Transformation.
	 */
	public IResource getService();

	/**
	 * @return the label of this Transformation.
	 */
	public String getLabel();

	/**
	 * @return the identifying metadata of this Transformation.
	 */
	public IAbout getAbout();

}