/* AtomicProcess.java -- Representation of an OWL-S atomic process. Copyright (C) 2005 The University of Sheffield. This file is part of the CASheW-s editor. The CASheW-s editor is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any later version. The CASheW-s editor is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with The CASheW-s editor; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA. */ package nongnu.cashews.owls.process; /** * An atomic process is the basic unit of a process implementation. * Interacting with an atomic process involves a maximum of two messages; * one containing the input parameters, and one containing the outputs. * The internals of the process are a `black box'; the only description * of the process is in terms of its external interface. An atomic * process always has at least the two participants, the client * and the server. To actually use the process, it must be related * to a grounding. * * @author Andrew John Hughes (gnu_andrew@member.fsf.org) * @see Input * @see Output * @see Participant#CLIENT * @see Participant#SERVER * @see nongnu.cashews.owls.service.ServiceGrounding */ public class AtomicProcess extends Process { /** * Default constructor, which constructs an AtomicProcess * with the two initial participants, the client and the server. */ public AtomicProcess() { addParticipant(Participant.CLIENT); addParticipant(Participant.SERVER); } }