IServiceID.java

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 * Copyright (c) 2004 Composent, Inc. and others.
 * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
 * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
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 *
 * Contributors:
 *    Composent, Inc. - initial API and implementation
 *****************************************************************************/

package org.eclipse.ecf.discovery.identity;

import java.net.URI;
import org.eclipse.ecf.core.identity.ID;
import org.eclipse.ecf.discovery.IServiceInfo;

/**
 * Service identity contract.
 */
public interface IServiceID extends ID {

	/**
	 * Get service type ID for this ID.
	 * 
	 * @return IServiceTypeID. Will not be <code>null</code>.
	 */
	public IServiceTypeID getServiceTypeID();

	/**
	 * Get service name for this ID.
	 * 
	 * @return String service name. May be <code>null</code>.
	 * @deprecated Use {@link IServiceInfo#getServiceName()} instead
	 */
	public String getServiceName();

	/**
	 * @return URI the location for this serviceID
	 * @since 3.0
	 */
	public URI getLocation();
}