/**
 * AmbientTalk/2 Project
 * ATStripe.java created on 18-feb-2007 at 15:55:09
 * (c) Programming Technology Lab, 2006 - 2007
 * Authors: Tom Van Cutsem & Stijn Mostinckx
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package edu.vub.at.objects;

import edu.vub.at.exceptions.InterpreterException;
import edu.vub.at.objects.grammar.ATSymbol;

/**
 * The public interface to a native stripe object.
 *
 * Stripes consist of two properties:
 *  - they have a unique name by which they can be identified across the network
 *    In other words: the identity of a stripe is its name
 *  - they have a list of parent stripes: a stripe is then a 'substripe' of these parents
 *
 * Stripes have one important operation: one stripe can be tested to be a substripe of
 * another stripe.
 * 
 * Stripes are very similar to empty Java-like interface types, and their main purpose
 * lies in the *classification* of objects. AmbientTalk Objects can be striped with zero
 * or more stripes.
 *
 * @author tvcutsem
 */
public interface ATStripe extends ATObject {

	public ATSymbol base_getStripeName() throws InterpreterException;
	
	public ATTable base_getParentStripes() throws InterpreterException;
	
	public ATBoolean base_isSubstripeOf(ATStripe other) throws InterpreterException;
	
}