001    /**
002     *
003     * Copyright 2004 The Apache Software Foundation
004     *
005     *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
006     *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
007     *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
008     *
009     *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
010     *
011     *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
012     *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
013     *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
014     *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
015     *  limitations under the License.
016     */
017    package org.apache.geronimo.gbean.runtime;
018    
019    import org.apache.geronimo.gbean.GReferenceInfo;
020    
021    /**
022     * @version $Rev: 430508 $ $Date: 2006-08-10 12:56:47 -0700 (Thu, 10 Aug 2006) $
023     */
024    public interface GBeanReference {
025        String getName();
026    
027        GReferenceInfo getReferenceInfo();
028    
029        Class getReferenceType();
030    
031        Class getProxyType();
032    
033        void online();
034    
035        void offline();
036    
037        boolean start();
038    
039        void stop();
040    
041        Object getProxy();
042    
043        void inject(Object target) throws Exception;
044    }