001    /*
002     * Copyright (c) OSGi Alliance (2005, 2008). All Rights Reserved.
003     *
004     * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
005     * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
006     * You may obtain a copy of the License at
007     *
008     *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
009     *
010     * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
011     * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
012     * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
013     * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
014     * limitations under the License.
015     */
016    /**
017     * To keep the current values getting from subscribed UPnPDevices. 
018     * 
019     * The actual values of the UPnPStateVaraible are passed as Java object type. 
020     * 
021     * @since 1.1
022     **/
023    package org.osgi.service.upnp;
024    
025    /**
026     * A local UPnP state variable which allows the value of the state variable to
027     * be queried.
028     * 
029     * @since 1.1
030     * 
031     * @version $Revision: 5673 $
032     */
033    public interface UPnPLocalStateVariable extends UPnPStateVariable {
034            /**
035             * This method will keep the current values of UPnPStateVariables of a
036             * UPnPDevice whenever UPnPStateVariable's value is changed , this method
037             * must be called.
038             * 
039             * @return <code>Object</code> current value of UPnPStateVariable. if the
040             *         current value is initialized with the default value defined UPnP
041             *         service description.
042             */
043            public Object getCurrentValue();
044    }