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package org.eclipse.update.core;
/*
* (c) Copyright IBM Corp. 2000, 2002.
* All Rights Reserved.
*/
import java.net.URL;
import org.eclipse.core.runtime.IAdaptable;
/**
* Site archive interface.
* Site archive is a representation of a packaged archive (file) located
* on an update site. It allows a "symbolic" path used to identify
* a plug-in or non-plug-in feature entry to be explicitly mapped
* to a specific URL.
* <p>
* Clients may implement this interface. However, in most cases clients should
* directly instantiate or subclass the provided implementation of this
* interface.
* </p>
* @see org.eclipse.update.core.ArchiveReference
* @since 2.0
*/
public interface IArchiveReference extends IAdaptable {
/**
*
* @return the archive "symbolic" path, or <code>null</code>
* @since 2.0
*/
public String getPath();
/**
* Retrieve the site archive URL
*
* @return the archive URL, or <code>null</code>
* @since 2.0
*/
public URL getURL();
}