001    /*
002      GRANITE DATA SERVICES
003      Copyright (C) 2011 GRANITE DATA SERVICES S.A.S.
004    
005      This file is part of Granite Data Services.
006    
007      Granite Data Services is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
008      it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as published by
009      the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your
010      option) any later version.
011    
012      Granite Data Services is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
013      WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
014      FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Library General Public License
015      for more details.
016    
017      You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public License
018      along with this library; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
019    */
020    
021    package org.granite.config;
022    
023    import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
024    import java.util.Set;
025    
026    import org.granite.messaging.service.ServiceFactory;
027    
028    public interface ConfigProvider {
029            
030            public <T> T findInstance(Class<T> type);
031    
032            public <T> Set<T> findInstances(Class<T> type);
033            
034            public Boolean useTide();
035            
036            public String getType();
037            
038            public Class<?>[] getTideInterfaces();
039            
040            public Class<? extends Annotation>[] getTideAnnotations();
041            
042            public Class<? extends ServiceFactory> getFactoryClass();
043    }