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/*******************************************************************************
* Copyright (c) 2001, 2007 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
* https://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0/
*
* Contributors:
* IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
*******************************************************************************/
package org.eclipse.jst.jee.archive;
/**
* An {@link IArchiveAdapter} provides a bridge so any {@link Object} (or
* collection of {@link Object}s) may be represented as an {@link IArchive}.
* Each {@link IArchiveAdapter} should only be used by one {@link IArchive} at a
* time.
*
* This interface is not intended to be implemented by or subclassed by clients.
* Clients should instead subclass {@link AbstractArchiveAdapter} or one if its
* subclasses.
*/
public interface IArchiveAdapter {
/**
* Returns the {@link IArchive} associated with this adapter. Every
* { @link IArchiveAdapter} is associated with exactly one {@link IArchive}.
*
* @return
*/
public IArchive getArchive();
/**
* Sets the {@link IArchive} for this {@link IArchiveAdapter}.
*
* @param archive
*/
public void setArchive(IArchive archive);
}