framework/bundles/org.eclipse.ecf.sharedobject/src/org/eclipse/ecf/core/sharedobject/ISharedObjectContainerConfig.java

/*******************************************************************************
 * Copyright (c) 2004 Composent, Inc. and others. All rights reserved. This
 * program and the accompanying materials are made available under the terms of
 * the Eclipse Public License v1.0 which accompanies this distribution, and is
 * available at http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
 * 
 * Contributors: Composent, Inc. - initial API and implementation
 ******************************************************************************/
package org.eclipse.ecf.core.sharedobject;

import java.util.Map;

import org.eclipse.ecf.core.identity.IIdentifiable;

/**
 * Configuration information associated with ISharedObjectContainer.
 * 
 */
public interface ISharedObjectContainerConfig extends IIdentifiable {
	/**
	 * The properties associated with the owner ISharedObjectContainer
	 * 
	 * @return Map the properties associated with owner ISharedObjectContainer
	 */
	public Map getProperties();

	/**
	 * Returns an object which is an instance of the given class associated with
	 * this object.
	 * 
	 * @param clazz
	 *            the adapter class to lookup
	 * @return Object a object castable to the given class, or null if this
	 *         object does not have an adapter for the given class
	 */
	public Object getAdapter(Class clazz);
}