/* Service.java -- Representation of an OWL-S service.
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package nongnu.cashews.owls.service;
import java.util.List;
/**
* A Service
organises the various parts of an OWL-S web service
* description. A service is made up of profiles, models and groundings,
* and effectively forms a description of the API the service provider
* wants to make available to others. Each service references 0 or more
* profiles, and an optional model. If a model is specified, it must
* be accompanied by one or more groundings.
*
* @author Andrew John Hughes (gnu_andrew@member.fsf.org)
*/
public class Service
{
/**
* The profiles presented by the service to describe what it does.
*
* @serial the service profiles.
*/
private List profiles;
/**
* The model, which describes how the service works.
*
* @serial the service model.
*/
private ServiceModel model;
/**
* The groundings, which support the service and make it usable.
*
* @serial the service groundings.
*/
private List groundings;
}