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* Copyright (c) 2012, 2013 Ericsson
*
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*
* Contributors:
* Francois Chouinard - Initial API and implementation
*******************************************************************************/
package fr.inria.linuxtools.tmf.core.event;
import java.util.Collection;
/**
* The generic event type in TMF. It contains a reference to the full field structure
* for that event type.
* <p>
* Types are unique within their context space.
*
* @version 1.0
* @author Francois Chouinard
*
* @see ITmfEvent
* @see ITmfEventField
*/
public interface ITmfEventType {
// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Constants
// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
/**
* The default event type content
*/
public static final String DEFAULT_CONTEXT_ID = "TmfContext"; //$NON-NLS-1$
/**
* The default event type name
*/
public static final String DEFAULT_TYPE_ID = "TmfType"; //$NON-NLS-1$
// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Getters
// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
/**
* @return the event type context
*/
String getContext();
/**
* @return the event type ID
*/
String getName();
/**
* @return the event type root field
*/
ITmfEventField getRootField();
/**
* @return the event field names (labels)
* @since 3.0
*/
Collection<String> getFieldNames();
}