1 /*** 2 * Cecilia ADL Compiler 3 * Copyright (C) 2006-2007 STMicroelectronics 4 * 5 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or 6 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public 7 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either 8 * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. 9 * 10 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, 11 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of 12 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU 13 * Lesser General Public License for more details. 14 * 15 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public 16 * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software 17 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA 18 * 19 * Contact: fractal@objectweb.org 20 * 21 * Author:Ali Erdem Ozcan 22 */ 23 24 package org.objectweb.fractal.cecilia.adl.idl.ast; 25 26 /** 27 * AST node interface for <code>parameter</code> elements. 28 */ 29 public interface Parameter extends TypeContainer { 30 31 /** The parameter qualifier for constant parameters. */ 32 String CONST = "const"; 33 /** The parameter qualifier for in parameters. */ 34 String IN = "in"; 35 /** The parameter qualifier for out parameters. */ 36 String OUT = "out"; 37 /** The parameter qualifier for in and out parameters. */ 38 String IN_OUT = "inout"; 39 40 /** 41 * Returns the name of the parameter. 42 * 43 * @return the name of the parameter. 44 */ 45 String getName(); 46 47 /** 48 * Set the name of the parameter. 49 * 50 * @param name the name of the parameter to be set. 51 */ 52 void setName(String name); 53 54 /** 55 * Returns the parameter qualifier. can be {@link #CONST}, {@link #IN}, 56 * {@link #OUT} or {@link #IN_OUT}. 57 * 58 * @return the parameter qualifier. 59 */ 60 String getQualifier(); 61 62 /** 63 * Sets the parameter qualifier. 64 * 65 * @param qualifier can be {@link #CONST}, {@link #IN}, {@link #OUT} or 66 * {@link #IN_OUT}. 67 */ 68 void setQualifier(String qualifier); 69 }