001/**
002 *   GRANITE DATA SERVICES
003 *   Copyright (C) 2006-2013 GRANITE DATA SERVICES S.A.S.
004 *
005 *   This file is part of the Granite Data Services Platform.
006 *
007 *                               ***
008 *
009 *   Community License: GPL 3.0
010 *
011 *   This file is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
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013 *   by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License,
014 *   or (at your option) any later version.
015 *
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017 *   WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
018 *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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020 *
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023 *
024 *                               ***
025 *
026 *   Available Commercial License: GraniteDS SLA 1.0
027 *
028 *   This is the appropriate option if you are creating proprietary
029 *   applications and you are not prepared to distribute and share the
030 *   source code of your application under the GPL v3 license.
031 *
032 *   Please visit http://www.granitedataservices.com/license for more
033 *   details.
034 */
035package org.granite.client.tide.server;
036
037import java.util.concurrent.Future;
038
039/**
040 * Interface for remote components
041 *
042 * @author William DRAI
043 */
044public interface Component {
045
046    /**
047     * Component name
048     * @return component name
049     */
050    public String getName();
051
052    /**
053     * Call a remote operation on the component
054     * @param operation method name
055     * @param args arguments
056     * @param <T> expected return type
057     * @return future triggered when response is received
058     */
059    public <T> Future<T> call(String operation, Object... args);
060
061}