alfresco-community-repo/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/policy/BehaviourDefinition.java

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package org.alfresco.repo.policy;

import org.alfresco.service.namespace.QName;


/**
 * Description of a bound Behaviour.
 * 
 * @author David Caruana
 *
 * @param <B>  The type of Binding.
 */
public interface BehaviourDefinition<B extends BehaviourBinding>
{
    /**
     * Gets the Policy bound to
     * 
     * @return  the policy name
     */
    public QName getPolicy();
    
    /**
     * Gets the definition of the Policy bound to
     * 
     * @return  the policy definition (or null, if the Policy has not been registered yet)
     */
    public PolicyDefinition getPolicyDefinition();
    
    /**
     * Gets the binding used to bind the Behaviour to the Policy
     * 
     * @return  the binding
     */
    public B getBinding();
    
    /**
     * Gets the Behaviour
     * 
     * @return  the behaviour
     */
    public Behaviour getBehaviour();
}