1    /* 
     2     *  Copyright (c) 2008 Texas Instruments. All rights reserved.
     3     *  This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
     4     *  terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 and Eclipse Distribution License
     5     *  v. 1.0 which accompanies this distribution. The Eclipse Public License is
     6     *  available at http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html and the Eclipse
     7     *  Distribution License is available at 
     8     *  http://www.eclipse.org/org/documents/edl-v10.php.
     9     *
    10     *  Contributors:
    11     *      Texas Instruments - initial implementation
    12     * */
    13    /*
    14     *  ======== ITimestampProvider.xdc ========
    15     */
    16    package xdc.runtime;
    17    
    18    /*!
    19     *  ======== ITimestampProvider ========
    20     *  Timestamp provider interface
    21     *
    22     *  This interface is implemented by platform-specific modules that
    23     *  "provide" underlying timestamp services for the
    24     *  `{@link xdc.runtime.Timestamp}` module.
    25     *
    26     *  Only the `{@link xdc.runtime.Timestamp}` module and the
    27     *  `{@link xdc.runtime.ITimestampClient}` interface should be directly
    28     *  referenced by platform-independent applications.
    29     *
    30     *  This interface is part of a design pattern that includes the
    31     *  `ITimestampClient` interface and the `Timestamp` module.  This pattern
    32     *  allows client code to:
    33     *  @p(blist)
    34     *      - use the platform-independent interfaces provided by either
    35     *        `ITimestampClient` and `Timestamp` and remain 100% portable
    36     *      - optionally leverage platform-specific capabilities
    37     *        of any module that implements `ITimestampProvider` and still always
    38     *        have access to the platform-independent methods specified by
    39     *        `ITimestampClient` (because `ITimestampProvider` inherits from
    40     *        `ITimestampClient`)
    41     *  @p
    42     *  This pattern is in contrast to other "provider" interfaces that exist only
    43     *  to specify the methods necessary to enable "higher-level" modules; client
    44     *  code *never* accesses these provider interfaces directly, clients always
    45     *  only use the higher-level modules.
    46     */
    47    interface ITimestampProvider inherits ITimestampClient {
    48    }
    49    /*
    50     *  @(#) xdc.runtime; 2, 1, 0,0; 2-8-2017 14:15:55; /db/ztree/library/trees/xdc/xdc-D05/src/packages/
    51     */
    52