| /******************************************************************************* |
| * Copyright (c) 2006 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 |
| * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html |
| * |
| * Contributors: |
| * IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation |
| *******************************************************************************/ |
| package org.eclipse.pde.tools.versioning; |
| |
| import org.eclipse.core.runtime.MultiStatus; |
| |
| /** |
| * This interface provides methods to access to compare result information of a plugin or class |
| * <p> |
| * <b>Note:</b> This interface should not be implemented by clients. |
| * </p><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> |
| */ |
| public interface ICompareResult { |
| /** |
| * gets MuliStatus instance which contains messages created when verify a plugin or class |
| * @return MultiStatus instance |
| */ |
| public MultiStatus getResultStatus(); |
| |
| /** |
| * gets overall change happened on a plugin or class |
| * <p> |
| * The value of change is an int number of the following: |
| * <ul> |
| * <li>{@link IVersionCompare#ERROR_OCCURRED}</li> |
| * <li>{@link IVersionCompare#MAJOR_CHANGE}</li> |
| * <li>{@link IVersionCompare#MINOR_CHANGE}</li> |
| * <li>{@link IVersionCompare#NEW_ADDED}</li> |
| * <li>{@link IVersionCompare#NO_LONGER_EXIST}</li> |
| * <li>{@link IVersionCompare#MICRO_CHANGE}</li> |
| * <li>{@link IVersionCompare#QUALIFIER_CHANGE}</li> |
| * <li>{@link IVersionCompare#NO_CHANGE}</li> |
| * </ul> |
| * </p> |
| * @return change int number which indicates the overall change happened on a plugin or class |
| * @see IVersionCompare#ERROR_OCCURRED |
| * @see IVersionCompare#MAJOR_CHANGE |
| * @see IVersionCompare#MINOR_CHANGE |
| * @see IVersionCompare#NEW_ADDED |
| * @see IVersionCompare#NO_LONGER_EXIST |
| * @see IVersionCompare#MICRO_CHANGE |
| * @see IVersionCompare#QUALIFIER_CHANGE |
| * @see IVersionCompare#NO_CHANGE |
| */ |
| public int getChange(); |
| } |
