| package org.eclipse.team.internal.ccvs.core; |
| |
| /* |
| * (c) Copyright IBM Corp. 2000, 2001. |
| * All Rights Reserved. |
| */ |
| |
| /** |
| * Implementators of this class can act as factories for creating connections to a CVS server |
| * with the desired custom communication protocol. Providers of CVS connection methods must implement |
| * this interface and register the implementation with the extension point: |
| * |
| * org.eclipse.team.cvs.core.connectionmethods |
| * |
| * The <code>createConnection()</code> method will be invoked by the CVS client when the user |
| * is attempting to make a connection to the server using the connection name which matches |
| * the <code>String</code> returned by <code>getName()</code> (e.g. "pserver", "ext", etc.). |
| */ |
| public interface IConnectionMethod { |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns the name of this connection method (e.g."local", "ext"). |
| */ |
| public String getName(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Creates a new server connection using the given repository root |
| * (which includes the user name) and the given password. |
| */ |
| public IServerConnection createConnection(ICVSRepositoryLocation location, String password); |
| } |
