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 *  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: 
 *  	Oracle - initial API and implementation
 *******************************************************************************/
package org.eclipse.jpt.jpa.core.platform;

import org.eclipse.wst.common.project.facet.core.IProjectFacetVersion;

/**
 * Contains metadata that describes a JPA platform.  Not intended to be implemented by clients.
 * 
 * Provisional API: This interface is part of an interim API that is still
 * under development and expected to change significantly before reaching
 * stability. It is available at this early stage to solicit feedback from
 * pioneering adopters on the understanding that any code that uses this API
 * will almost certainly be broken (repeatedly) as the API evolves.
 * 
 * @version 3.0
 * @since 3.0
 */
public interface JpaPlatformDescription {
	
	public String getId();
	
	public String getPluginId();
	
	public String getLabel();
	
	public String getFactoryClassName();
	
	public boolean supportsJpaFacetVersion(IProjectFacetVersion jpaFacetVersion);
	
	public boolean isDefault();
	
	public JpaPlatformGroupDescription getGroup();
}