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     */
    17    package xdc.runtime;
    18    
    19    /*!
    20     *  ======== ITimestampProvider ========
    21     *  Timestamp provider interface
    22     *
    23     *  This interface is implemented by platform-specific modules that
    24     *  "provide" underlying timestamp services for the
    25     *  `{@link xdc.runtime.Timestamp}` module.
    26     *
    27     *  Only the `{@link xdc.runtime.Timestamp}` module and the
    28     *  `{@link xdc.runtime.ITimestampClient}` interface should be directly
    29     *  referenced by platform-independent applications.
    30     *
    31     *  This interface is part of a design pattern that includes the
    32     *  `ITimestampClient` interface and the `Timestamp` module.  This pattern
    33     *  allows client code to:
    34     *  @p(blist)
    35     *      - use the platform-independent interfaces provided by either
    36     *        `ITimestampClient` and `Timestamp` and remain 100% portable
    37     *      - optionally leverage platform-specific capabilities
    38     *        of any module that implements `ITimestampProvider` and still always
    39     *        have access to the platform-independent methods specified by
    40     *        `ITimestampClient` (because `ITimestampProvider` inherits from
    41     *        `ITimestampClient`)
    42     *  @p
    43     *  This pattern is in contrast to other "provider" interfaces that exist only
    44     *  to specify the methods necessary to enable "higher-level" modules; client
    45     *  code *never* accesses these provider interfaces directly, clients always
    46     *  only use the higher-level modules.
    47     */
    48    interface ITimestampProvider inherits ITimestampClient {
    49    }
    50    /*
    51     *  @(#) xdc.runtime; 2, 0, 0, 0,207; 6-9-2009 20:10:17; /db/ztree/library/trees/xdc-t50x/src/packages/
    52     */
    53