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Resource.java

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00001 /*
00002  * Created on Apr 22, 2004
00003  *  
00004  */
00005 package org.gridlab.gat.resources;
00006 
00007 import org.gridlab.gat.advert.Advertisable;
00008 import org.gridlab.gat.monitoring.Monitorable;
00009 
00010 /**
00011  * @author rob
00012  * 
00013  * Resource is a base interface which is realized by any class which wishes to
00014  * indicate it represents a node or component; currently both a
00015  * GATHardwareResource and a SoftwareResource realize this interface. A
00016  * Reservation may be associated with this Resource, and can be obtained by the
00017  * operation getReservation.
00018  */
00019 
00020 public interface Resource extends Monitorable, Advertisable, java.io.Serializable {
00021     
00022     /**
00023      * @return The GATResourceDescription which describes this
00024      * Resource instance.
00025      */
00026     public ResourceDescription getResourceDescription();
00027     
00028     /**
00029      * @return a Reservation associated with this resource, or null of no
00030      * reservation was associated.
00031      */
00032     public Reservation getReservation();
00033 }