org.eclipse.osbp.fork.jpos/src/jpos/profile/Profile.java

package jpos.profile;

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import java.net.URL;

/**
 * Defines a Profile which is an abstract definition of a set of JposEntry 
 * objects and each entry's required set of properties
 * @since 1.3 (SF 2K meeting)
 * @author E. Michael Maximilien (maxim@us.ibm.com)
 */
public interface Profile
{
	//-------------------------------------------------------------------------
	// Public methods
	//

	/** @return the unique name of this profile */
	public String getName();

	/** @return the version of this profile */
	public String getVersion();

	/** @return a String description of this profile */
	public String getDescription();

	/** @return the vendor name of this profile */
	public String getVendorName();

	/** @return the URL for this vendor */
	public URL getVendorUrl();

	/** @return the list of DevCatInfo for this profile */
	public DevCatInfoList getDevCatInfoList();
}