001/* A receiver for use in the wireless domain.
002
003 Copyright (c) 2003-2009 The Regents of the University of California.
004 All rights reserved.
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009 of this software.
010
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012 FOR DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES
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016
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022 ENHANCEMENTS, OR MODIFICATIONS.
023
024 PT_COPYRIGHT_VERSION_2
025 COPYRIGHTENDKEY
026
027 */
028package ptolemy.component;
029
030import ptolemy.data.TupleToken;
031import ptolemy.kernel.util.IllegalActionException;
032
033//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
034//// Method
035
036/**
037 Interface for the port representing a method call.
038
039 @author Yang Zhao
040 @version $Id$
041 @since Ptolemy II 11.0
042 @Pt.ProposedRating yellow(cxh)
043 @Pt.AcceptedRating red(cxh)
044 */
045public interface Method {
046    /** Call the method associated with this port with the specified
047     *  arguments.
048     *  @exception IllegalActionException If the call fails (e.g.
049     *   the data types are incompatible).
050     */
051    public TupleToken call(TupleToken arguments) throws IllegalActionException;
052}