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 * yyyymmdd bug      Email and other contact information
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package org.eclipse.wst.ws.service.policy;

import java.util.List;

/**
 * 
 * This interface is used to describe the dependency relationships between
 * service policies.
 *
 */
public interface IPolicyRelationship
{
  /**
   * 
   * Returns the policy enumeration list for this relationship.
   * 
   * @return This method returns the source service policy along with a list
   * of possible states that this source policy could be in.
   */
  public IPolicyEnumerationList getPolicyEnumerationList();
  
  /**
   * Returns the related policies for this relationship.
   * 
   * @return returns a list of other target service policies and the states that
   * these policies must be in to satisfy the relationship.
   */
  public List<IPolicyEnumerationList> getRelatedPolicies();
}