001// Copyright 2005 The Apache Software Foundation 002// 003// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 004// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 005// You may obtain a copy of the License at 006// 007// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 008// 009// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 010// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 011// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 012// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 013// limitations under the License. 014 015package org.apache.hivemind.service; 016 017/** 018 * A cousin to {@link org.apache.hivemind.service.ClassFab} used to create new interfaces. 019 * 020 * @author Howard M. Lewis Ship 021 * @since 1.1 022 */ 023public interface InterfaceFab 024{ 025 /** 026 * Adds the specified interface as an interface extended by this interface. 027 */ 028 public void addInterface(Class interfaceClass); 029 030 /** 031 * Adds the method to the interface. Interface methods are always public. 032 */ 033 034 public void addMethod(MethodSignature signature); 035 036 /** 037 * Creates a Class object for the fabricated interface. 038 */ 039 040 public Class createInterface(); 041}