/* Binding.java -- Representation of an OWL-S binding. 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; /** *

* Bindings are used to define output parameters and describe how * input parameters acquire their values. In either case, the binding * contains a reference to the parameter and a description of its value, * using one of several different mechanisms *

*

* These mechanisms are as follows: *

* *

* Value specifiers take one of the following two forms: *

* *

* and also contains the type of the parameter reference. *

* * @author Andrew John Hughes (gnu_andrew@member.fsf.org) * @see ValueData * @see ValueSource * @see ValueSpecifier * @see ValueForm * @see ValueFunction */ public abstract class Binding { /** * The value descriptor which specifies how to obtain the value * for the bound parameter. * * @serial the value descriptor, which specifies how to obtain the value * of the parameter. */ private ValueDescriptor descriptor; }