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package org.osgi.service.device;
import org.osgi.framework.ServiceReference;
/**
* Instances of {@code Match} are used in the
* {@link DriverSelector#select(ServiceReference, Match[])} method to identify
* Driver services matching a Device service.
*
* @ThreadSafe
* @noimplement
* @author $Id: d162518484495fb4ad5c99153b85d274837c69ab $
* @since 1.1
* @see DriverSelector
*/
public interface Match {
/**
* Return the reference to a Driver service.
*
* @return {@code 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();
}