plugins/org.eclipse.jst.common.frameworks/src/org/eclipse/jst/common/internal/modulecore/IClasspathDependencyProvider.java

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package org.eclipse.jst.common.internal.modulecore;

import org.eclipse.wst.common.componentcore.resources.IVirtualComponent;
import org.eclipse.wst.common.componentcore.resources.IVirtualReference;

/**
 * This class is meant to mark a virtual component as
 * a type of virtual component which can provide 
 * classpath dependencies to be included in a parent component 
 * 
 * @author rob.stryker@redhat.com
 *
 */
public interface IClasspathDependencyProvider extends IVirtualComponent {
	/**
	 * Return a list of references which should be exported into a 
	 * parent module's appropriate folder for classpath entities. 
	 * 
	 * @return
	 */
	public IVirtualReference[] getJavaClasspathReferences();
}