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alfresco-community-repo/source/java/org/alfresco/traitextender/Extensible.java
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/*
* Copyright (C) 2005-2015 Alfresco Software Limited.
*
* This file is part of Alfresco
*
* Alfresco is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
* the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
* (at your option) any later version.
*
* Alfresco is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
* GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
* along with Alfresco. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.
*/
package org.alfresco.traitextender;
/**
* An {@link Extensible} object exposes a set of {@link Trait}s as
* {@link ExtendedTrait}s objects.<br>
* An {@link ExtendedTrait} is an association between a {@link Trait} exposing
* object and several extension objects.<br>
* The actual {@link Trait}s and associated extensions provided by an
* {@link Extensible} object are given by its {@link ExtensionPoint} handling
* strategy and by the current set of registered extensions (see
* {@link Extender}).<br>
* The exposed {@link Trait}s can be thought of as parts of an object's
* interface that will be exposed to an extension. Upon the extension invocation
* the given trait instances will be made available to their corresponding
* extensions.
*
* @author Bogdan Horje
*/
public interface Extensible
{
<T extends Trait> ExtendedTrait<T> getTrait(Class<? extends T> traitAPI);
}