| /******************************************************************************* |
| * Copyright (c) 2005, 2007 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.jst.jee.archive; |
| |
| /** |
| * An {@link IArchiveHandler} handles a specific type of {@link IArchive}. |
| * {@link IArchiveHandler}s are defined via extension points. |
| * |
| * This interface is not intended to be implemented by or subclassed by clients. |
| * Clients should instead subclass {@link AbstractArchiveHandler} or one if its |
| * subclasses. |
| */ |
| public interface IArchiveHandler { |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns <code>true</code> if this {@link IArchiveHandler} can handle |
| * the specified {@link IArchive}. Various {@link IArchive} types may be |
| * determined by examining the contents of the {@link IArchive}. e.g. by |
| * the existence of certain {@link IArchiveResource}s or their contents. |
| * |
| * @param archive |
| * @return |
| */ |
| public boolean handlesArchive(IArchive archive); |
| |
| } |
