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package org.fabric3.spi.contract;
import org.fabric3.api.model.type.contract.ServiceContract;
/**
* Determines if ServiceContract
s are compatible using a particular mapping, for example, WSDL-to-Java.
*/
public interface ContractMatcherExtension {
/**
* Returns the contract type this extension maps from
*
* @return the contract type this extension maps from
*/
Class getSource();
/**
* Returns the contract type this extension maps to
*
* @return the contract type this extension maps to
*/
Class getTarget();
/**
* Determines if two ServiceContract
s are compatible for wiring. Some interface languages, such as Java, allow for inheritance. In these cases,
* compatibility will include checking if the source contract is a super type of the target contract.
*
* @param source the source contract. Typically, this is the contract specified by a component reference.
* @param target the target contract. Typically this is the contract specified by a service.
* @param reportErrors true if errors should be reported in the result
* @return the result
*/
MatchResult isAssignableFrom(S source, T target, boolean reportErrors);
}
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