| /* --COPYRIGHT--,ESD |
| * Copyright (c) 2008 Texas Instruments. All rights reserved. |
| * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the |
| * terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 and Eclipse Distribution License |
| * v. 1.0 which accompanies this distribution. The Eclipse Public License is |
| * available at http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html and the Eclipse |
| * Distribution License is available at |
| * http://www.eclipse.org/org/documents/edl-v10.php. |
| * |
| * Contributors: |
| * Texas Instruments - initial implementation |
| * --/COPYRIGHT--*/ |
| /* |
| * ======== ITimestampProvider.xdc ======== |
| */ |
| package xdc.runtime; |
| |
| /*! |
| * ======== ITimestampProvider ======== |
| * Timestamp provider interface |
| * |
| * This interface is implemented by platform-specific modules that |
| * "provide" underlying timestamp services for the |
| * `{@link xdc.runtime.Timestamp}` module. |
| * |
| * Only the `{@link xdc.runtime.Timestamp}` module and the |
| * `{@link xdc.runtime.ITimestampClient}` interface should be directly |
| * referenced by platform-independent applications. |
| * |
| * This interface is part of a design pattern that includes the |
| * `ITimestampClient` interface and the `Timestamp` module. This pattern |
| * allows client code to: |
| * @p(blist) |
| * - use the platform-independent interfaces provided by either |
| * `ITimestampClient` and `Timestamp` and remain 100% portable |
| * - optionally leverage platform-specific capabilities |
| * of any module that implements `ITimestampProvider` and still always |
| * have access to the platform-independent methods specified by |
| * `ITimestampClient` (because `ITimestampProvider` inherits from |
| * `ITimestampClient`) |
| * @p |
| * This pattern is in contrast to other "provider" interfaces that exist only |
| * to specify the methods necessary to enable "higher-level" modules; client |
| * code *never* accesses these provider interfaces directly, clients always |
| * only use the higher-level modules. |
| */ |
| interface ITimestampProvider inherits ITimestampClient { |
| } |
