| /******************************************************************************* |
| * Copyright (c) 2001, 2004 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.j2ee.commonarchivecore.internal; |
| |
| |
| |
| /** |
| * @author mdelder |
| */ |
| public interface GenericArchiveTypeDiscriminator { |
| |
| /** |
| * This is a unique identifier that contributors should use to specify the generic type that |
| * should be associated with archives. Example: com.yourcompany.j2ee.extension.customModule |
| * |
| * @return |
| */ |
| public String getTypeKey(); |
| |
| /** |
| * If common archive should recognize file extensions other than the standard ones, e.g., .jar, |
| * .zip, then these file extensions can be specified here. |
| * |
| * @return |
| */ |
| public String[] getCustomFileExtensions(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Method that individual discriminators can implement to determine if an Archive is of a |
| * particular type. Implementers should be sensitive to performance requirments. Usually simple |
| * tests should be performed, such as: |
| * <code>if (anArchive.containsFile("xxx.xml")<code>. The result will |
| * be stored in the Archive's "types" attribute. |
| * @param anArchive |
| * @return |
| */ |
| public boolean discriminate(Archive anArchive); |
| |
| } |
