001/**
002 * ScalarDomain.java
003 *
004 * Copyright (c) 2004-2012, Nicole C. Tedesco.  All rights reserved.
005 *
006 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
007 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
008 * You may obtain a copy of the License at:
009 *
010 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
011 *
012 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
013 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
014 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
015 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
016 * limitations under the License.
017 */
018
019package net.sf.jaccumulator.scalars;
020
021import net.sf.jaccumulator.AlgebraicStructure;
022
023/**
024 * A read/write contract for an {@link AlgebraicStructure algebraic} structure
025 * within which {@link Scalar Scalars} can be embedded
026 *
027 * @param <DOMAIN>
028 *      this domain type (facilitates chaining)
029 *
030 * @since JAccumulator 4.0
031 * @author Nicole Tedesco (<a href="mailto:Nicole@NicoleTedesco.com">Nicole@NicoleTedesco.com</a>)
032 */
033public interface ScalarDomain<DOMAIN extends ScalarDomain<DOMAIN>>
034    extends
035        AlgebraicStructure<DOMAIN>,
036        SealedScalarDomain,
037        MutableScalarDomain<DOMAIN>
038{
039}