1 /*
2 Copyright 2008 Ramon Servadei
3
4 Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
5 you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
6 You may obtain a copy of the License at
7
8 http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
9
10 Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
11 distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
12 WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
13 See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
14 limitations under the License.
15 */
16 package fulmine;
17
18 /**
19 * Represents the type component of an {@link IAddressable} entity. The type
20 * expresses a logical grouping of specific characteristics of the entity. An
21 * entity may have its characteristics grouped into one or more logical
22 * groupings so may have many types.
23 *
24 * @author Ramon Servadei
25 */
26 public interface IType
27 {
28
29 /**
30 * Get a byte representing the type component for the entity.
31 *
32 * @return a byte representing the type component for the entity
33 */
34 byte value();
35
36 /**
37 * Get the name for the type.
38 *
39 * @return the name for the type
40 */
41 String getName();
42 }