XCapability.java

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package org.jboss.osgi.resolver;

import org.osgi.resource.Capability;

/**
 * An extension to the {@link Capability}
 *
 * @author thomas.diesler@jboss.com
 * @since 02-Jul-2010
 */
public interface XCapability extends XElement, XAttributeSupport, XDirectiveSupport, Capability {

    /**
     * Get the resource declaring this capability.
     */
    XResource getResource();
    
    /**
     * Validate the capability
     */
    void validate();

    /**
     * Adapt this capability to another type
     */
    <T extends XCapability> T adapt(Class<T> clazz);
}