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package org.apache.aries.application.modelling;
import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.Map;
/**
* A proxy for org.osgi.service.blueprint.reflect.ServiceMetadata, which we cannot
* pass to clients in the outer framework. We'll just expose the methods that we
* know we're going to need.
*
*/
public interface WrappedServiceMetadata extends Comparable<WrappedServiceMetadata> {
/**
* Get the properties of the associated blueprint service
* @return Service properties. The values in the Map will be either String or String[].
*/
Map<String, Object> getServiceProperties();
/**
* Get the interfaces implemented by the service
* @return List of interfaces
*/
Collection<String> getInterfaces();
/**
* Get the service name. This we hope will be short, human-readable, and unique.
* @return Service name
*/
String getName();
/**
* Get the service ranking
* @return ranking
*/
int getRanking();
/**
* Sometimes we want to know if two services are identical except for their names
* @param w A wrapped service metadata for comparison.
* @return true if the two services are indistinguishable (in the OSGi service registry) -
* this will be true if only their names are different, and their interfaces and service
* properties the same.
*/
boolean identicalOrDiffersOnlyByName (WrappedServiceMetadata w);
}