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package org.eclipse.jdt.launching;

import org.eclipse.core.runtime.CoreException;
import org.eclipse.debug.core.ILaunchConfiguration;
import org.w3c.dom.Element;

/**
 * Enhancements to <code>IRuntimeClasspathEntry</code> to support
 * extensible runtime classpath entries. Contributed runtime classpath
 * entries have a type of <code>OTHER</code>, and are contributed to
 * the <code>runtimeClasspathEntries</code> extension point.
 * <p>
 * New types of runtime classpath entries are only intended to be contributed
 * by the Java debugger.
 * </p>
 * @since 3.0 
 * @see org.eclipse.jdt.launching.IRuntimeClasspathEntry
 * @noimplement This interface is not intended to be implemented by clients.
 */
public interface IRuntimeClasspathEntry2 extends IRuntimeClasspathEntry {
	
	/**
	 * Initializes this runtime classpath entry from the given memento.
	 * 
	 * @param memento memento created by a classpath entry of the same type
	 * @throws CoreException if unable to initialize from the given memento
	 */
	public void initializeFrom(Element memento) throws CoreException;
	
	/**
	 * Returns the unique identifier of the extension that contributed
	 * this classpath entry type, or <code>null</code> if this classpath
	 * entry type was not contributed.
	 * 
	 * @return the unique identifier of the extension that contributed
	 *  this classpath entry type, or <code>null</code> if this classpath
	 *  entry type was not contributed
	 */
	public String getTypeId();
	
	/**
	 * Returns whether this classpath entry is composed of other entries.
	 * 
	 * @return whether this classpath entry is composed of other entries
	 */
	public boolean isComposite();
	
	/**
	 * Returns the classpath entries this entry is composed of, or an
	 * empty collection if this entry is not a composite entry.
	 * 
	 * @param configuration the context (launch configuration) in which
	 *  this runtime classpath entry is being queried for contained
	 * 	entries, possibly <code>null</code> 
	 * @return the classpath entries this entry is composed of, or an
	 * empty collection if this entry is not a composite entry
	 * @throws CoreException if unable to retrieve contained entries
	 */
	public IRuntimeClasspathEntry[] getRuntimeClasspathEntries(ILaunchConfiguration configuration) throws CoreException;
	
	/**
	 * Returns a human readable name for this classpath entry.
	 * 
	 * @return a human readable name for this classpath entry
	 */
	public String getName();
}