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| * Copyright (c) 2004, 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 |
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| * |
| * Contributors: |
| * IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation |
| *******************************************************************************/ |
| package org.eclipse.core.runtime; |
| |
| /** |
| * Product providers define products (units of branding) which have been installed in |
| * the current system. Typically, a configuration agent (i.e., plug-in installer) will |
| * define a product provider so that it can report to the system the products it has installed. |
| * <p> |
| * Products are normally defined and installed in the system using extensions to the |
| * <code>org.eclipse.core.runtime.products</code> extension point. In cases where |
| * the notion of product is defined by alternate means (e.g., primary feature), an <code>IProductProvider</code> |
| * can be installed in this extension point using an executable extension. The provider |
| * then acts as a proxy for the product extensions that represent the products installed. |
| * </p> |
| * |
| * @see IProduct |
| * @since 3.0 |
| */ |
| public interface IProductProvider { |
| /** |
| * Returns the human-readable name of this product provider. |
| * |
| * @return the name of this product provider |
| */ |
| public String getName(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns the products provided by this provider. |
| * |
| * @return the products provided by this provider |
| */ |
| public IProduct[] getProducts(); |
| } |
