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| * Copyright (c) 2007, 2009 IBM Corporation and others. |
| * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials |
| * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 |
| * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at |
| * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html |
| * |
| * Contributors: |
| * IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation |
| *******************************************************************************/ |
| package org.eclipse.equinox.p2.metadata; |
| |
| import org.eclipse.equinox.internal.provisional.p2.metadata.Version; |
| |
| /** |
| * Provide standardized artifact information to uniquely identify the |
| * corresponding bytes (perhaps not stored as a file). |
| * <p> |
| * Artifact keys represent both a unique opaque identifier as well as structured |
| * and standardized pieces of information. |
| * |
| * @noimplement This interface is not intended to be implemented by clients. |
| * @noextend This interface is not intended to be extended by clients. |
| * @since 2.0 |
| */ |
| public interface IArtifactKey extends IVersionedId { |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns the classifier for this artifact key. The returned value can be empty. |
| * @return the classifier segment of the key. |
| */ |
| public String getClassifier(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns the id for this artifact key. |
| * @return the id segment of the key. |
| */ |
| public String getId(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns the version for this artifact key. |
| * @return the version segment of the key. |
| */ |
| public Version getVersion(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns the canonical string form of this artifact key. |
| * @return the canonical string representing this key |
| */ |
| public String toExternalForm(); |
| } |