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 *  Contributors:
 *     IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
 *******************************************************************************/
package org.eclipse.equinox.p2.repository;

import java.net.URI;
import java.util.List;

/**
 * @since 2.0
 */
public interface ICompositeRepository<T> extends IRepository<T> {
	/**
	 * 
	 * @return a list of URIs containing the locations of the children repositories
	 */
	public abstract List<URI> getChildren();

	/**
	 * Removes all child repositories
	 */
	public abstract void removeAllChildren();

	/**
	 * Removes specified URI from list of child repositories.
	 * Does nothing if specified URI is not a child repository
	 * @param child
	 */
	public abstract void removeChild(URI child);

	/**
	 * Adds a specified URI to list of child repositories.
	 * Does nothing if URI is a duplicate of an existing child repository.
	 * @param child
	 */
	public abstract void addChild(URI child);
}