GBeanReference.java

/**
 *
 * Copyright 2004 The Apache Software Foundation
 *
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 *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
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package org.apache.geronimo.gbean.runtime;

import java.util.Set;

import org.apache.geronimo.gbean.GReferenceInfo;

/**
 * @version $Rev$ $Date$
 */
public interface GBeanReference {
    String getName();

    GReferenceInfo getReferenceInfo();

    Class getReferenceType();

    Class getProxyType();

    Set getPatterns();

    void setPatterns(Set patterns);

    void online();

    void offline();

    boolean start();

    void stop();

    Object getProxy();

    void inject(Object target) throws Exception;
}