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+/*
+ * (c) Copyright BEA Systems, Inc., Cape Clear Software, International Business Machines Corp, Interface21, IONA Technologies,
+ * Oracle, Primeton Technologies, Progress Software, Red Hat, Rogue Wave Software, SAP AG., Siemens AG., Software AG., Sybase
+ * Inc., TIBCO Software Inc., 2005, 2007. All rights reserved.
+ * 
+ * see http://www.osoa.org/display/Main/Service+Component+Architecture+Specifications
+ */
+package org.osoa.sca;
+
+/**
+ * Common superclass for references that can be passed between components.
+ * 
+ * @version $Rev$ $Date$
+ * @param <B> the Java interface associated with this reference
+ */
+public interface CallableReference<B> {
+    /**
+     * Returns a type-safe reference to the target of this reference.
+     * The instance returned is guaranteed to implement the business interface for this reference
+     * but may not be a proxy as defined by java.lang.reflect.Proxy.
+     *
+     * @return a proxy to the target that implements the business interface associated with this reference
+     */
+    B getService();
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the Java class for the business interface associated with this reference.
+     *
+     * @return the Class for the business interface associated with this reference
+     */
+    Class<B> getBusinessInterface();
+
+    /**
+     * Returns true if this reference is conversational.
+     *
+     * @return true if this reference is conversational
+     */
+    boolean isConversational();
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the conversation associated with this reference.
+     * Returns null if no conversation is currently active.
+     *
+     * @return the conversation associated with this reference; may be null
+     */
+    Conversation getConversation();
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the callback ID.
+     *
+     * @return the callback ID
+     */
+    Object getCallbackID();
+}