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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * 
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.    
+ */
+package org.apache.tuscany.sca.assembly;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+/**
+ * Represents a reference. References within an implementation represent links
+ * to services that the implementation uses that must be provided by other
+ * components.
+ * 
+ * @version $Rev$ $Date$
+ * @tuscany.spi.extension.asclient
+ */
+public interface Reference extends AbstractReference, Contract {
+
+    /**
+     * Returns a boolean value, "false" by default, which indicates that the
+     * implementation wires this reference dynamically.
+     * 
+     * @return true if the implementation wires this reference dynamically
+     */
+    boolean isWiredByImpl();
+
+    /**
+     * Sets a boolean value, "false" by default, which indicates that the
+     * implementation wires this reference dynamically.
+     * 
+     * @param wiredByImpl whether the implementation wires this reference
+     *            dynamically
+     */
+    void setWiredByImpl(boolean wiredByImpl);
+
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the targets of this reference.
+     * 
+     * @return the targets of this reference.
+     */
+    List<ComponentService> getTargets();
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the endpoint references implied by this reference.
+     *  
+     * Endpoint references are used to represent:
+     * 
+     *   - manually specified reference targets
+     *   - reference targets determined by autowire
+     *   - manually configured remote bindings
+     *   
+     * @return the endpoint references implied by this reference
+     */
+    List<EndpointReference> getEndpointReferences();
+    
+    /**
+     * Indicate if the reference allows pass by reference for remotable operations
+     */
+    boolean isAllowsPassByReference();
+    
+    /**
+     * @param allowsPassByReference the allowsPassByReference to set
+     */
+    void setAllowsPassByReference(boolean allowsPassByReference);
+}