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package org.osgi.framework.wiring;

import java.util.Map;

/**
 * A requirement that has been declared from a {@link BundleRevision bundle
 * revision}.
 * 
 * @ThreadSafe
 * @noimplement
 * @version $Id: 659132c1fac7526240df377ead0e1bc8d4af2e77 $
 */
public interface BundleRequirement {
	/**
	 * Returns the name space of this requirement.
	 * 
	 * @return The name space of this requirement.
	 */
	String getNamespace();

	/**
	 * Returns the directives of this requirement.
	 * 
	 * @return An unmodifiable map of directive names to directive values for
	 *         this requirement, or an empty map if this requirement has no
	 *         directives.
	 */
	Map<String, String> getDirectives();

	/**
	 * Returns the attributes of this requirement.
	 * 
	 * @return An unmodifiable map of attribute names to attribute values for
	 *         this requirement, or an empty map if this requirement has no
	 *         attributes.
	 */
	Map<String, Object> getAttributes();

	/**
	 * Returns the bundle revision declaring this requirement.
	 * 
	 * @return The bundle revision declaring this requirement.
	 */
	BundleRevision getRevision();

	/**
	 * Returns whether the specified capability matches this requirement.
	 * 
	 * @param capability The capability to match to this requirement.
	 * @return {@code true} if the specified capability has the same
	 *         {@link #getNamespace() name space} as this requirement and the
	 *         filter for this requirement matches the
	 *         {@link BundleCapability#getAttributes() attributes of the
	 *         specified capability}; {@code false} otherwise.
	 */
	boolean matches(BundleCapability capability);
}