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package org.osgi.service.device;

import org.osgi.framework.ServiceReference;

/**
 * Instances of Match are used in the {@link DriverSelector#select}
 * method to identify Driver services matching a Device service.
 * 
 * @version $Revision: 5654 $
 * @since 1.1
 * @see DriverSelector
 * @ThreadSafe
 */
public interface Match {
	/**
	 * Return the reference to a Driver service.
	 * 
	 * @return ServiceReference object to a Driver service.
	 */
	public ServiceReference getDriver();

	/**
	 * Return the match value of this object.
	 * 
	 * @return the match value returned by this Driver service.
	 */
	public int getMatchValue();
}