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/*
 * Copyright (c) OSGi Alliance (2012, 2014). All Rights Reserved.
 * 
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */

package org.osgi.framework.namespace;

import org.osgi.resource.Namespace;

/**
 * Host Capability and Requirement Namespace.
 * 
 * <p>
 * This class defines the names for the attributes and directives for this
 * namespace. All unspecified capability attributes are of type {@code String}
 * and are used as arbitrary matching attributes for the capability. The values
 * associated with the specified directive and attribute keys are of type
 * {@code String}, unless otherwise indicated.
 * 
 * <p>
 * Unless otherwise noted, all directives specified on the
 * {@code Bundle-SymbolicName} header are visible in the capability and all
 * directives specified on the {@code Fragment-Host} header are visible in the
 * requirement.
 * 
 * <ul>
 * <li>The {@link Namespace#CAPABILITY_USES_DIRECTIVE uses} directive must be
 * ignored. A {@code uses} directive specified on the
 * {@code Bundle-SymbolicName} header must be ignored. A {@code uses} directive
 * must not be present in the capability.</li>
 * <li>The {@link Namespace#CAPABILITY_EFFECTIVE_DIRECTIVE effective}
 * {@link Namespace#REQUIREMENT_EFFECTIVE_DIRECTIVE directives} must be ignored.
 * This namespace is only effective at {@link Namespace#EFFECTIVE_RESOLVE
 * resolve} time. An {@code effective} directive specified on the
 * {@code Bundle-SymbolicName} or {@code Fragment-Host} headers must be ignored.
 * An {@code effective} directive must not be present in a capability or
 * requirement.</li>
 * <li>The {@link Namespace#REQUIREMENT_CARDINALITY_DIRECTIVE cardinality}
 * directive has limited applicability to this namespace. A {@code cardinality}
 * directive specified on the {@code Fragment-Host} header must be ignored. All
 * requirements must have the {@code cardinality} directive set to
 * {@link Namespace#CARDINALITY_MULTIPLE multiple}.</li>
 * </ul>
 * 
 * <p>
 * A non-fragment resource with the with the
 * {@link IdentityNamespace#TYPE_BUNDLE osgi.bundle} type
 * {@link IdentityNamespace#CAPABILITY_TYPE_ATTRIBUTE identity} provides zero or
 * one<sup>&#8224;</sup> host capabilities. A fragment resource with the
 * {@link IdentityNamespace#TYPE_FRAGMENT osgi.fragment} type
 * {@link IdentityNamespace#CAPABILITY_TYPE_ATTRIBUTE identity} must not declare
 * a host capability and must declare exactly one host requirement.
 * <p>
 * &#8224; A resource with no bundle symbolic name must not provide a host
 * capability.
 * 
 * @Immutable
 * @author $Id$
 */
public final class HostNamespace extends AbstractWiringNamespace {

	/**
	 * Namespace name for host capabilities and requirements.
	 * 
	 * <p>
	 * Also, the capability attribute used to specify the symbolic name of the
	 * host.
	 * 
	 */
	public static final String	HOST_NAMESPACE								= "osgi.wiring.host";

	/**
	 * The capability directive identifying if the resource is a singleton. A
	 * {@code String} value of &quot;{@code true}&quot; indicates the resource
	 * is a singleton; any other value or {@code null} indicates the resource is
	 * not a singleton.
	 * 
	 * <p>
	 * This directive should be examined using the {@link IdentityNamespace
	 * identity} namespace.
	 * 
	 * @see IdentityNamespace#CAPABILITY_SINGLETON_DIRECTIVE
	 */
	public static final String	CAPABILITY_SINGLETON_DIRECTIVE				= "singleton";

	/**
	 * The capability directive identifying if and when a fragment may attach to
	 * a host bundle. The default value is {@link #FRAGMENT_ATTACHMENT_ALWAYS
	 * always}.
	 * 
	 * @see #FRAGMENT_ATTACHMENT_ALWAYS
	 * @see #FRAGMENT_ATTACHMENT_RESOLVETIME
	 * @see #FRAGMENT_ATTACHMENT_NEVER
	 */
	public static final String	CAPABILITY_FRAGMENT_ATTACHMENT_DIRECTIVE	= "fragment-attachment";

	/**
	 * The directive value indicating that fragments are allowed to attach to
	 * the host bundle at any time (while the host is resolved or during the
	 * process of resolving the host bundle).
	 * 
	 * @see #CAPABILITY_FRAGMENT_ATTACHMENT_DIRECTIVE
	 */
	public static final String	FRAGMENT_ATTACHMENT_ALWAYS					= "always";

	/**
	 * The directive value indicating that fragments are allowed to attach to
	 * the host bundle only during the process of resolving the host bundle.
	 * 
	 * @see #CAPABILITY_FRAGMENT_ATTACHMENT_DIRECTIVE
	 */
	public static final String	FRAGMENT_ATTACHMENT_RESOLVETIME				= "resolve-time";

	/**
	 * The directive value indicating that no fragments are allowed to attach to
	 * the host bundle at any time.
	 * 
	 * @see #CAPABILITY_FRAGMENT_ATTACHMENT_DIRECTIVE
	 */
	public static final String	FRAGMENT_ATTACHMENT_NEVER					= "never";

	/**
	 * The requirement directive used to specify the type of the extension
	 * fragment. The default value is {@link #EXTENSION_FRAMEWORK framework}.
	 * 
	 * @see #EXTENSION_FRAMEWORK
	 * @see #EXTENSION_BOOTCLASSPATH
	 */
	public final static String	REQUIREMENT_EXTENSION_DIRECTIVE				= "extension";

	/**
	 * The directive value indicating that the extension fragment is to be
	 * loaded by the framework's class loader.
	 * 
	 * 
	 * @see #REQUIREMENT_EXTENSION_DIRECTIVE
	 */
	public final static String	EXTENSION_FRAMEWORK							= "framework";

	/**
	 * The directive value indicating that the extension fragment is to be
	 * loaded by the boot class loader.
	 * 
	 * @see #REQUIREMENT_EXTENSION_DIRECTIVE
	 */
	public final static String	EXTENSION_BOOTCLASSPATH						= "bootclasspath";

	/**
	 * The requirement directive used to specify the visibility type for a
	 * requirement.
	 * 
	 * <p>
	 * This directive should be examined using the {@link BundleNamespace
	 * bundle} namespace.
	 * 
	 * @see BundleNamespace#REQUIREMENT_VISIBILITY_DIRECTIVE
	 */
	public final static String	REQUIREMENT_VISIBILITY_DIRECTIVE			= "visibility";

	private HostNamespace() {
		// empty
	}
}

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