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package org.eclipse.update.operations;

import org.eclipse.update.core.*;

/**
 * An installation operation. This operation should not be executed by itself, it should be 
 * aggregated into a IBatchOperation, together with other IInstallOperations, so that the
 * validation checks are done on the group, not per installation job.
 * <p>
 * <b>Note:</b> This class/interface is part of an interim API that is still under development and expected to
 * change significantly before reaching stability. It is being made available at this early stage to solicit feedback
 * from pioneering adopters on the understanding that any code that uses this API will almost certainly be broken
 * (repeatedly) as the API evolves.
 * </p>
 * @since 3.0
 * @deprecated The org.eclipse.update component has been replaced by Equinox p2. This
 * provisional API was never promoted to stable API, and may be removed from a future release of the platform.
 */
public interface IInstallFeatureOperation extends IFeatureOperation {
	/**
	 * If the feature includes optional features, thi method returns the list 
	 * of optional features to be installed.
	 * @return the list of optional features to be installed.
	 */
	public IFeatureReference[] getOptionalFeatures();
}