/*
 *
 *  Copyright 2005 The Apache Software Foundation or its licensors, as applicable.
 *
 *  Licensed 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,
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 *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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 */

/* $Rev$ $Date: 2005/12/22 11:33:21 $ */

#ifndef tuscany_sca_model_implementation_h
#define tuscany_sca_model_implementation_h

#include <string>

namespace tuscany
{
    namespace sca
    {
        namespace model
        {
            /**
             * Abstract class representing information about an implementation
             * of a component. The subtypes will hold information specific to 
             * the type of implementation.
             */ 
            class Implementation 
            {
                
            public:
                /**
                 * Supported types of implementation.
                 */
                enum Type
                {
                    CPP,
                    JAVA
                };
                
                Implementation();  
                virtual ~Implementation();
                                
                /**
                 * Return the type of the implementation.
                 * @return Will depend on the subtype.
                 */
                virtual Type getImplementationType() = 0;
                
            private:
            };
            
        } // End namespace model
    } // End namespace sca
} // End namespace tuscany

#endif // tuscany_sca_model_implementation_h