/* Process.java -- An abstraction of the two process types.
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*/
package nongnu.cashews.language.process;
import java.net.URI;
/**
* Takes a set of inputs, does some processing and returns a set of
* outputs. The internal makeup of the process is split between
* atomic and composite process.
* The former are exactly as the description implies, with some code
* performing the operation on the inputs. This code is accessed via
* a Grounding
to a web service. In contrast, composite
* processes appear the same to the casual observer, looking at the
* interface, but the internal structure is the result of the
* composition of several services.
*
* @author Andrew John Hughes (gnu_andrew@member.fsf.org)
* @see AtomicProcess
* @see CompositeProcess
* @see Grounding
*/
public abstract class Process
{
/**
* The name of this process.
*
* @serial the process name.
*/
private URI name;
}