/**
 * AmbientTalk/2 Project
 * ATAsyncMessageCreation.java created on Jul 24, 2006 at 7:30:17 PM
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 * Authors: Tom Van Cutsem & Stijn Mostinckx
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package edu.vub.at.objects.grammar;


/**
 * An ATAsyncMessageCreation instance is created whenever an asynchronous message send 
 * <tt>o <- m()</tt> is performed, or when a first-class async msg is created using
 * code such as <tt><- m()</tt>.
 * 
 * This interface does not describe the interface to the actual first-class message (that is the ATAsyncMessage interface).
 * It only describes the interface to the AG component representing such a message.
 * 
 * @author smostinc
 */
public interface ATAsyncMessageCreation extends ATMessageCreation {

    /**
     * Messages always have a selector, a symbol denoting the field or method that
     * needs to be sought for.
     * @return a symbol denoting the selector
     */
    //public ATSymbol base_getSelector();

    /**
     * Messages may optionally have arguments if they represent invocations.
     * @return the arguments passed to the invocation
     */
    //public ATTable base_getArguments();
}