/* * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file * distributed with this work for additional information * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ package net.jini.core.constraint; /** * The marker interface used to identify constraints for method invocations. * Constraints are immutable and should be serializable. * <p> * An instance of this interface must implement {@link Object#equals * Object.equals} to return <code>true</code> when passed a constraint that is * equivalent in trust, content, and function, and to return <code>false</code> * otherwise. That is, the <code>equals</code> method must be a sufficient * substitute for * {@link net.jini.security.proxytrust.TrustEquivalence#checkTrustEquivalence * TrustEquivalence.checkTrustEquivalence}. * * @author Sun Microsystems, Inc. * @since 2.0 */ public interface InvocationConstraint { }