001 /* 002 * Copyright 2005-2006 Stephen J. McConnell. 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 013 * implied. 014 * 015 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 016 * limitations under the License. 017 */ 018 019 package net.dpml.metro; 020 021 import java.rmi.RemoteException; 022 import java.util.Map; 023 024 import net.dpml.component.Component; 025 026 /** 027 * Local interface through which a component implementation may 028 * interact with the assigned model, subsidary parts, and context. 029 * 030 * @author <a href="http://www.dpml.net">Digital Product Meta Library</a> 031 * @version 1.0.0 032 */ 033 public interface ComponentHandler extends Component, ComponentContext 034 { 035 /** 036 * Return a mutable context map. The map may be used by component 037 * implementations to override context entries in the associated 038 * component instance. 039 * 040 * @return the context map 041 * @exception RemoteException if a remote I/O error occurs 042 */ 043 Map getContextMap() throws RemoteException; 044 045 } 046