| /******************************************************************************* |
| * Copyright (c) 2008, 2010 IBM Corporation and others. |
| * |
| * This program and the accompanying materials |
| * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0 |
| * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at |
| * https://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0/ |
| * |
| * SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0 |
| * |
| * Contributors: |
| * IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation |
| *******************************************************************************/ |
| package org.eclipse.equinox.p2.repository; |
| |
| import java.net.URI; |
| import java.util.List; |
| import org.eclipse.equinox.p2.metadata.IArtifactKey; |
| import org.eclipse.equinox.p2.metadata.IInstallableUnit; |
| |
| /** |
| * A composite repository doesn't directly contain any contents, but rather contains |
| * only a list of child repositories. The composite repository aggregates content |
| * from the children and acts as a single repository containing the union of all |
| * child contents. When a composite repository is queried programmatically, |
| * it will appear to contain all elements that currently exist in one or more |
| * of its children. |
| * @param <T> The type of repository content. Typically this is either {@link IInstallableUnit} |
| * or {@link IArtifactKey}. |
| * @noextend This interface is not intended to be extended by clients. |
| * @noimplement This interface is not intended to be implemented by clients. |
| * @since 2.0 |
| */ |
| public interface ICompositeRepository<T> extends IRepository<T> { |
| /** |
| * Adds a specified URI to list of child repositories. |
| * Does nothing if URI is a duplicate of an existing child repository. |
| * @param child The child to add. |
| */ |
| public void addChild(URI child); |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns a list of URIs containing the locations of the children repositories |
| * |
| * @return a list of URIs containing the locations of the children repositories |
| */ |
| public List<URI> getChildren(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Removes all child repositories |
| */ |
| public void removeAllChildren(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Removes the specified URI from the list of child repositories. |
| * This method has no effect if the specified URI is not a child repository |
| * @param child The child to remove |
| */ |
| public void removeChild(URI child); |
| } |