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| * SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0 |
| * |
| * Contributors: |
| * IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation |
| *******************************************************************************/ |
| package org.eclipse.osgi.service.resolver; |
| |
| /** |
| * This class represents a native code specification. A |
| * native code specification is different from other |
| * specification constraints which typically are resolved against |
| * suppliers provided by other bundles. A native code |
| * specification supplies it own suppliers which are matched |
| * against the platform properties at resolve time and the |
| * supplier with the best match is selected. |
| * <p> |
| * This interface is not intended to be implemented by clients. The |
| * {@link StateObjectFactory} should be used to construct instances. |
| * </p> |
| * @since 3.4 |
| * @noimplement This interface is not intended to be implemented by clients. |
| */ |
| public interface NativeCodeSpecification extends VersionConstraint { |
| /** |
| * Returns the list of possible suppliers to this native code specification. When |
| * this native code specification is resolved one of the possible suppliers |
| * will be selected and returned by {@link VersionConstraint#getSupplier()}. |
| * @return the list of possible suppliers. |
| */ |
| public NativeCodeDescription[] getPossibleSuppliers(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns whether or not this native code specification is optional. |
| * |
| * @return whether this specification is optional |
| */ |
| public boolean isOptional(); |
| } |
