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Provided Component Type

subsume components which provide the same but require entirely different services. wouldn't make sense to add all required interfaces to the type, confusion: component developer does not know how to implement

provided type: component with provided interfaces only. rest open

a component implementing a provided type has to provide at least what's specified in the provided type, but can do more. no statement about its requirements or implementation



Snowball 2007-03-16