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Reservation.java

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00001 package org.gridlab.gat.resources;
00002 
00003 import java.io.IOException;
00004 
00005 import org.gridlab.gat.net.RemoteException;
00006 
00007 /**
00008  * @author rob
00009  * 
00010  * An instance implementing this interface represents a reservation for
00011  * resources.
00012  */
00013 public interface Reservation {
00014 
00015     /**
00016      * This method upon successfully completing cancels the reservation
00017      * corresponding to the associated Reservation instance.
00018      * 
00019      * @throws java.rmi.RemoteException
00020      *             Thrown upon problems accessing the remote instance
00021      * @throws java.io.IOException
00022      *             Upon non-remote IO problem
00023      */
00024     public void cancel() throws RemoteException, IOException;
00025 
00026     /**
00027      * This operation returns the GATResource corresponding to this
00028      * GATReservation instance. That instance can in turn call the operation
00029      * GetReservation to obtain this GATReservation instance.
00030      * 
00031      * @return The Resource, or null when the reservation is expired or
00032      *         cancelled.
00033      */
00034     public Resource getResource();
00035 }