001    /*
002      Copyright (C) 2004 Laurent Martelli <laurent@aopsys.com>
003    
004      This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
005      it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
006      published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
007      License, or (at your option) any later version.
008    
009      This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
010      but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
011      MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
012      GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
013    
014      You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
015      along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
016      Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA */
017    
018    package org.objectweb.jac.aspects.timestamp;
019    
020    import org.objectweb.jac.core.rtti.FieldItem;
021    
022    
023    
024    public interface TimestampConf {
025        /**
026         * Declares which objects should have timestamps
027         *
028         * @param classExpr which classes should have a timestamp
029         * @param wrappeeExpr which instances should have a timestamp
030         * @param stampsName name of Timestamps object to store stamps into
031         */
032        void declareTimestampedClasses(String classExpr, String wrappeeExpr, 
033                                       String stampsName);
034    
035        /**
036         * Specifies that objects at the end of a link should be touched
037         * when an object is touched.
038         *
039         * @param link the link to follow
040         * @param follow wether to follow the link or not
041         */
042        void followLink(FieldItem link, boolean follow);
043    
044    }
045