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/*******************************************************************************
* Copyright (c) 2004, 2006 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.core.runtime;
/**
* Bundle group providers define groups of plug-ins which have been installed in
* the current system. Typically, a configuration agent (i.e., plug-in installer) will
* define a bundle group provider so that it can report to the system the list
* of plug-ins it has installed.
* @see IBundleGroup
* @since 3.0
*/
public interface IBundleGroupProvider {
/**
* Returns the human-readable name of this bundle group provider.
*
* @return the name of this bundle group provider
*/
public String getName();
/**
* Returns the bundle groups provided by this provider.
*
* @return the bundle groups provided by this provider
*/
public IBundleGroup[] getBundleGroups();
}