package org.kuali.rice.ksb.api.registry;

 /**

  * Represents a service endpoint that has been published to the service registry.

  * Includes a reference to both {@link ServiceInfoContract} and

  * {@link ServiceDescriptorContract} instances which compose the two different

  * pieces of information about a service endpoint.

  * 

  * @author Kuali Rice Team (rice.collab@kuali.org)

  *

  */

 public interface ServiceEndpointContract {

         /**

          * Returns the service information for this endpoint.

          * 

          * @return the service information for this endpoint, should never return null

          */

         ServiceInfoContract getInfo();

         /**

          * Returns the service descriptor for this endpoint.

          * 

          * @return the service descriptor for this endpoint, should never return null

          */

         ServiceDescriptorContract getDescriptor();

 }