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| * Copyright (c) 2000, 2004 IBM Corporation and others. |
| * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials |
| * are made available under the terms of the Common Public License v1.0 |
| * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at |
| * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/cpl-v10.html |
| * |
| * Contributors: |
| * IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation |
| *******************************************************************************/ |
| package org.eclipse.update.core; |
| |
| import org.eclipse.core.runtime.*; |
| import org.eclipse.update.configuration.*; |
| |
| |
| |
| /** |
| * Included Feature reference. |
| * A reference to a included feature. |
| * <p> |
| * Clients may implement this interface. However, in most cases clients should |
| * directly instantiate or subclass the provided implementation of this |
| * interface. |
| * </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> |
| * @see org.eclipse.update.core.FeatureReference |
| * @since 2.0.1 |
| */ |
| public interface IIncludedFeatureReference extends IFeatureReference, IAdaptable { |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns the referenced feature. |
| * This is a factory method that creates the full feature object. |
| * equivalent to getFeature(false,null); |
| * |
| * @return the referenced feature |
| * @deprecated use getFeature(IProgressMonitor) |
| * @since 2.0 |
| */ |
| public IFeature getFeature() throws CoreException; |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns the referenced feature. |
| * This is a factory method that creates the full feature object. |
| * |
| * @param perfectMatch <code>true</code> if the perfect match feature feature should be returned |
| * <code>false</code> if the best match feature should be returned. |
| * @param configuredSite the configured site to search for the Feature. If |
| * the configured site is <code>null</code> the search will be done in the current configured site. |
| * @return the referenced feature |
| * instead |
| * @since 2.0.2 |
| * <b>Note:</b> This method 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. |
| * @deprecated use getFeature(IProgressMonitor) |
| */ |
| public IFeature getFeature(boolean perfectMatch,IConfiguredSite configuredSite) throws CoreException; |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns the referenced feature. |
| * This is a factory method that creates the full feature object. |
| * |
| * @param perfectMatch <code>true</code> if the perfect match feature feature should be returned |
| * <code>false</code> if the best match feature should be returned. |
| * @param configuredSite the configured site to search for the Feature. If |
| * the configured site is <code>null</code> the search will be done in the current configured site. |
| * @param monitor the progress monitor |
| * @return the referenced feature |
| * @since 2.1 |
| * <b>Note:</b> This method 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. |
| * @deprecated use getFeature(IProgressMonitor) |
| */ |
| public IFeature getFeature(boolean perfectMatch,IConfiguredSite configuredSite, IProgressMonitor monitor) throws CoreException; |
| |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns <code>true</code> if the feature is optional, <code>false</code> otherwise. |
| * |
| * @return boolean |
| * @since 2.0.1 |
| */ |
| public boolean isOptional(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns the matching rule for this included feature. |
| * The rule will determine the ability of the included feature to move version |
| * without causing the overall feature to appear broken. |
| * |
| * The default is <code>RULE_PERFECT</code> |
| * |
| * @see IUpdateConstants#RULE_PERFECT |
| * @see IUpdateConstants#RULE_EQUIVALENT |
| * @see IUpdateConstants#RULE_COMPATIBLE |
| * @see IUpdateConstants#RULE_GREATER_OR_EQUAL |
| * @return int representation of feature matching rule. |
| * @since 2.0.2 |
| * @deprecated since 3.0 included feature version is exactly specified |
| */ |
| public int getMatch(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns the search location for this included feature. |
| * The location will be used to search updates for this feature. |
| * |
| * The default is <code>SEARCH_ROOT</code> |
| * |
| * @see IUpdateConstants#SEARCH_ROOT |
| * @see IUpdateConstants#SEARCH_SELF |
| * @return int representation of feature searching rule. |
| * @since 2.0.2 |
| */ |
| |
| public int getSearchLocation(); |
| |
| } |