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/* $Rev$ $Date$ */

#ifndef tuscany_sca_extension_referencebindingextension_h
#define tuscany_sca_extension_referencebindingextension_h

#include "tuscany/sca/export.h"

#include <string>
using std::string;

#include "tuscany/sca/model/Component.h"
#include "tuscany/sca/model/Reference.h"
#include "tuscany/sca/core/ServiceWrapper.h"
#include "tuscany/sca/model/Composite.h"
#include "tuscany/sca/model/ReferenceBinding.h"

#include "commonj/sdo/SDO.h"

using namespace tuscany::sca::model;

namespace tuscany
{
    namespace sca
    {
        class SCA_API ReferenceBindingExtension 
        {
        public:
            /**
            * Default constructor
            */
            ReferenceBindingExtension();            
            
            /**
            * Destructor
            */
            virtual ~ReferenceBindingExtension();            
                      
            /**
            * return the name of the extension (e.g. "cpp" "php")
            */
            virtual const string& getExtensionName() = 0;
                      
            /**
            * return the QName of schema elemant for this binding extension
            * (e.g. "http://www.osoa.org/xmlns/sca/1.0#binding.ws")
            */
            virtual const string& getExtensionTypeQName() = 0;

            /**
             * Get a reference binding from a DataObject representing
             * an SCDL binding element
             */ 
            virtual ReferenceBinding* getReferenceBinding(Composite* composite, Reference* reference, commonj::sdo::DataObjectPtr scdlBinding) = 0;

         };

        
    } // End namespace sca
} // End namespace tuscany

#endif // tuscany_sca_extension_referencebindingextension_h