org.jboss.classloading.spi.metadata
Interface Requirement

All Superinterfaces:

Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractRequirement, ModuleRequirement, PackageRequirement, UsesPackageRequirement

public interface Requirement
extends Serializable

Requirement.

Version:

$Revision: 1.1 $

Author:

Adrian Brock

Method Summary

boolean	isConsistent(Requirement other) Check whether this requirement is consistent with another requirement.
boolean	isDynamic() Whether the requirement is dynamic
boolean	isOptional() Whether the requirement is optional
boolean	isReExport() Whether to re-export the requirement
boolean	wantReExports() Whether we want re-exports

Method Detail

isReExport

boolean isReExport()

Whether to re-export the requirement

Returns:

true to re-export

wantReExports

boolean wantReExports()

Whether we want re-exports

Returns:

true to process re-exports

isOptional

boolean isOptional()

Whether the requirement is optional

Returns:

true if the requirement is optional

isDynamic

boolean isDynamic()

Whether the requirement is dynamic

Returns:

true if the requirement is dynamic

isConsistent

boolean isConsistent(Requirement other)

Check whether this requirement is consistent with another requirement.

Typically they will be inconsistent if they are the same type, have the same name but a different version

Parameters:

other - the other requirement

Returns:

true when consistent, false when inconsistent