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// IBM Corporation - initial implementation
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package org.eclipse.epf.common.service.versioning;

import java.io.File;

import org.eclipse.epf.common.service.versioning.VersionUtil.VersionCheckInfo;

/**
 * The interface for performing method library version check.
 * 
 * @author Jeff Hardy
 * @since 1.0
 */
public interface ILibraryExtensionVersionCheck {

	/**
	 * Checks and returns the version information associated with a method
	 * library.
	 * 
	 * @param file
	 *            a method library XMI file
	 * @return <code>null</code> if the library XMI file does not contain the
	 *         version information of the tool that created it; or
	 *         <code>VersionCheckInfo</code> object
	 */
	public VersionCheckInfo checkLibraryVersion(File libPath);

}