001    /**
002     *   GRANITE DATA SERVICES
003     *   Copyright (C) 2006-2013 GRANITE DATA SERVICES S.A.S.
004     *
005     *   This file is part of the Granite Data Services Platform.
006     *
007     *   Granite Data Services is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
008     *   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
009     *   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
010     *   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
011     *
012     *   Granite Data Services is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
013     *   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
014     *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser
015     *   General Public License for more details.
016     *
017     *   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
018     *   License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
019     *   Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301,
020     *   USA, or see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
021     */
022    package org.granite.messaging;
023    
024    import java.util.Set;
025    
026    /**
027     * SPI for registry of class name aliases used during AMF/JMF serialization.
028     * An alias registry should store correspondences between server and client class names
029     * The alias registry will scan specified packages to find classes annotated with @RemoteAlias
030     *
031     * @author William DRAI
032     */
033    public interface AliasRegistry {
034    
035        /**
036         * Scan the specified packages for aliases classes
037         * This is called when the channel factory starts
038         * @param packageNames
039         */
040            public void scan(Set<String> packageNames);
041    
042        /**
043         * Return the client class name for a specified server class alias
044         * @param alias server class name
045         * @return corresponding client class name
046         */
047        public String getTypeForAlias(String alias);
048    
049        /**
050         * Return the aliased server class name for a specified client class name
051         * @param className client class name
052         * @return corresponding server class name
053         */
054        public String getAliasForType(String className);
055    }