/**
* AnalyzerBeans
* Copyright (C) 2014 Neopost - Customer Information Management
*
* This copyrighted material is made available to anyone wishing to use, modify,
* copy, or redistribute it subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU
* Lesser General Public License, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
*
* This program 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
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* Free Software Foundation, Inc.
* 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor
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*/
package org.eobjects.analyzer.job;
import java.io.Serializable;
import java.util.Map;
import org.eobjects.analyzer.descriptors.ComponentDescriptor;
import org.apache.metamodel.util.HasName;
/**
* Super-interface for all job entries in an Analysis. A {@link ComponentJob}
* represents a component's configuration in a {@link AnalysisJob}.
*/
public interface ComponentJob extends HasName, HasComponentRequirement, Serializable {
/**
* Gets the descriptor of this component type.
*
* @return a descriptor of this component type
*/
public ComponentDescriptor<?> getDescriptor();
/**
* Gets the name of this component job.
*
* @return an optional name given by the user to identify this component in
* a job (can be null if no name is assigned).
*/
@Override
public String getName();
/**
* Gets metadata properties associated with this component.
*
* @return
*/
public Map<String, String> getMetadataProperties();
}