BaseJavaImplementation.java

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package org.apache.tuscany.sca.implementation.java;

import javax.xml.namespace.QName;

import org.apache.tuscany.sca.assembly.Extensible;
import org.apache.tuscany.sca.assembly.Implementation;

/**
 * Represents a Java implementation.
 * 
 * @version $Rev$ $Date$
 */
public interface BaseJavaImplementation extends Implementation, Extensible {

    /**
     * Returns the name of the Java implementation class.
     * 
     * @return the name of the Java implementation class
     */
    String getName();

    /**
     * Sets the name of the Java implementation class.
     * 
     * @param className the name of the Java implementation class
     */
    void setName(String className);

    /**
     * Returns the Java implementation class.
     * 
     * @return the Java implementation class
     */
    Class<?> getJavaClass();

    /**
     * Sets the Java implementation class.
     * 
     * @param javaClass the Java implementation class
     */
    void setJavaClass(Class<?> javaClass);
    
    /**
     * Customize the implementation type so that components are implemented using Java based framework such as
     * implementation.spring or implementation.jaxrs can leverage the introspection
     * @param type
     */
    void setType(QName type);

}