edu.UCL.satin.arch.facets
Interface RegistrarFacet

All Superinterfaces:

ComponentFacet, Facet

All Known Implementing Classes:

Registrar

public interface RegistrarFacet

extends ComponentFacet

Author:

Stefanos Zachariadis

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface edu.UCL.satin.arch.facets.ComponentFacet

DISABLED, ENABLED

Method Summary

boolean	registerComponent(Component c) Adds a new component to the container.
java.lang.String	removeComponent(Component c) Removes a component from the container

Methods inherited from interface edu.UCL.satin.arch.facets.ComponentFacet

addAttribute, construct, destroy, getAttribute, getProperties, hasAttribute, isEnabled, setEnabled

Method Detail

registerComponent

public boolean registerComponent(Component c)

Adds a new component to the container.

Parameters:

c - The component to add

Returns:

true if the operation was successful or false otherwise (component with the same id and version number exist/failure/etc.)

removeComponent

public java.lang.String removeComponent(Component c)

Removes a component from the container

Parameters:

c - The component to remove

Returns:

null if the operation was successful or the ID of the component that depends on c