1 /*
2 wsmo4j extension - a Choreography API and Reference Implementation
3
4 Copyright (c) 2005, University of Innsbruck, Austria
5
6 This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
7 the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free
8 Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option)
9 any later version.
10 This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
11 ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
12 FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more
13 details.
14 You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along
15 with this library; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
16 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
17 */
18 package org.wsmo.service.rule;
19
20 import org.wsmo.common.*;
21
22 /**
23 * Upper Rule Interface for Orchestration.
24 *
25 * <pre>
26 * Created on Jul 26, 2005
27 * Committed by $Author: vassil_momtchev $
28 * $Source$
29 * </pre>
30 *
31 * @author James Scicluna
32 * @author Thomas Haselwanter
33 * @author Holger Lausen
34 *
35 * @version $Revision: 1844 $ $Date: 2006-10-24 17:11:48 +0300 (Tue, 24 Oct 2006) $
36 */
37 public interface Rule {
38
39 /**
40 * Acceptor method for the Visitor.
41 *
42 * @param visitor
43 * Rule-Visitor object
44 */
45 public void accept(Visitor visitor);
46
47 /**
48 * Returns a string representation of the Rule.
49 *
50 * @return String representing the rule object.
51 */
52 public String toString(TopEntity te);
53 }