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* Copyright (c) 2008, 2009 EclipseSource 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:
* EclipseSource - initial API and implementation
******************************************************************************/
package org.eclipse.equinox.p2.metadata;
import java.net.URI;
/**
* The <code>ICopyright</code> interface represents a software copyright. A copyright has
* required body text which may be the full text or a summary. An optional location field can be specified
* which links to full text.
* <p>
* Instances of this class are handle objects and do not necessarily
* reflect entities that exist in any particular profile or repository. These handle
* objects can be created using {@link MetadataFactory}.
* </p>
*
* @noimplement This interface is not intended to be implemented by clients.
* @noextend This interface is not intended to be extended by clients.
* @since 2.0
*/
public interface ICopyright {
/**
* Returns the location of a document containing the copyright notice.
*
* @return The location of the copyright notice, or <code>null</code>
*/
public URI getLocation();
/**
* Returns the license body.
*
* @return the license body, never <code>null</code>
*/
public String getBody();
}