/*
* Copyright (c) 2012. The Genome Analysis Centre, Norwich, UK
* MISO project contacts: Robert Davey, Mario Caccamo @ TGAC
* *********************************************************************
*
* This file is part of MISO.
*
* MISO is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
* the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
* (at your option) any later version.
*
* MISO is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
* GNU General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
* along with MISO. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
*
* *********************************************************************
*/
package uk.ac.bbsrc.tgac.miso.core.service.integration;
import uk.ac.bbsrc.tgac.miso.core.data.type.PlatformType;
import uk.ac.bbsrc.tgac.miso.core.service.integration.strategy.NotificationGateway;
import java.util.Set;
/**
* A service interface to describe how to load {@link NotificationGateway} services into MISO
*
* @author Rob Davey
* @date 07/02/12
* @since 0.1.5
*/
public interface NotificationGatewayService {
/**
* For a given {@link PlatformType}, return a Set of {@link NotificationGateway} objects that are available
* @param pt
* @return the Set of {@link NotificationGateway} objects that have been exposed by a given service loading mechanism
*/
Set<? extends NotificationGateway> getGatewaysFor(PlatformType pt);
}