/*
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*/
package org.jboss.verifier.strategy;

/*
 * Class org.jboss.verifier.strategy.VerificationContext;
 * Copyright (C) 2000  Juha Lindfors
 *
 * This library 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 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version
 * 
 * This library 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 this library; if not, write to the Free Software
 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
 *
 * This package and its source code is available at www.jboss.org
 * $Id: VerificationContext.java,v 1.10.6.1 2005/04/06 21:18:05 starksm Exp $
 *
 * You can reach the author by sending email to jplindfo@helsinki.fi.
 */

// standard imports
import java.net.URL;

// non-standard class dependencies
import org.gjt.lindfors.pattern.StrategyContext;

import org.jboss.verifier.event.VerificationEventGenerator;

import org.jboss.metadata.ApplicationMetaData;

/**
 * << DESCRIBE THE CLASS HERE >>
 *
 * For more detailed documentation, refer to the
 * <a href="" << INSERT DOC LINK HERE >> </a>
 *
 * @see     << OTHER RELATED CLASSES >>
 *
 * @author  Juha Lindfors
 * @version $Revision: 1.10.6.1 $
 * @since   JDK 1.3
 */
public interface VerificationContext
   extends StrategyContext, VerificationEventGenerator
{

   /*
    * Version identifier.
    */
   public final static String VERSION_1_1 =
      "Enterprise JavaBeans v1.1, Final Release";

   /*
    * Version identifier.
    */
   public final static String VERSION_2_0 =
      "Enterprise JavaBeans V2.0, Final Release";

   /*
    * Version identifier.
    */
   public final static String VERSION_2_1 =
      "Enterprise JavaBeans V2.1, Final Release";

   /*
    * Returns the loaded and parsed ejb jar file
    */
   abstract ApplicationMetaData getApplicationMetaData();

   /*
    * Returns the location of the ejb jar file
    */
   abstract URL getJarLocation();

   /*
    * Returns the class loader to use for verification (optionally)
    */
   abstract ClassLoader getClassLoader();

   /*
    * Returns EJB spec version string
    */
   abstract String getEJBVersion();

}