org.eclipse.osee.ote.message/src/org/eclipse/osee/ote/message/MessageDefinitionProvider.java

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 * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
 * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
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 * Contributors:
 *     Boeing - initial API and implementation
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package org.eclipse.osee.ote.message;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;

/**
 * @author Andrew M. Finkbeiner
 *
 */
public interface MessageDefinitionProvider {

   /**
    * This function returns an ID that is intended to be unique to the running system.  The system should not 
    * allow more than one active instance of a service with the same singletonId.
    * 
    * @return String 
    */
   String singletonId();
   
   String majorVersion();
   
   String minorVersion();
   
   InputStream getMetaInfo(String id) throws IOException;
}