/* Copyright (C) 2006 Christian Schneider
*
* This file is part of Nomad.
*
* Nomad 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 2 of the License, or
* (at your option) any later version.
*
* Nomad 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 Nomad; if not, write to the Free Software
* Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
*/
package net.sf.nmedit.jpatch;
/**
* Descriptor for a {@link PConnector connector}.
*
* @author Christian Schneider
*/
public interface PConnectorDescriptor extends PDescriptor
{
/**
* Returns true if this connector is an output, false if it is an input
* @return true if this connector is an output, false if it is an input.
*/
boolean isOutput();
/**
* Returns the default signal type of the connector.
* The return value is always non-null.
* @return the default signal of the connector
*/
PSignal getDefaultSignalType();
/**
* Returns the parent module descriptor.
* The return value is always non-null.
* @return the parent descriptor.
*/
PModuleDescriptor getParentDescriptor();
/**
* Returns the defined signals.
* @return the defined signals
*/
PSignalTypes getDefinedSignals();
}