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* | |
* Contributors: | |
* IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation | |
*******************************************************************************/ | |
package org.eclipse.update.core; | |
import java.net.*; | |
import org.eclipse.core.runtime.*; | |
/** | |
* Feature factory interface. | |
* A feature factory is used to construct new instances of concrete | |
* features. | |
* <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.BaseFeatureFactory | |
* @since 2.0 | |
*/ | |
public interface IFeatureFactory { | |
/** | |
* Returns a feature defined by the supplied URL. The feature | |
* is associated with the specified site. | |
* <p> | |
* The actual interpretation of the URL is feature-type specific. | |
* In most cases the URL will point to some feature-specific | |
* file that can be used (directly or indirectly) to construct | |
* the feature object. | |
* </p> | |
* @param url URL interpreted by the feature | |
* @param site site to be associated with the feature | |
* @return concrete feature object | |
* @exception CoreException | |
* @deprecated use createFeature(URL, ISite, IProgressMonitor) instead | |
* @since 2.0 | |
*/ | |
public IFeature createFeature(URL url, ISite site) throws CoreException; | |
/** | |
* Returns a feature defined by the supplied URL. The feature | |
* is associated with the specified site. | |
* <p> | |
* The actual interpretation of the URL is feature-type specific. | |
* In most cases the URL will point to some feature-specific | |
* file that can be used (directly or indirectly) to construct | |
* the feature object. | |
* </p> | |
* @param url URL interpreted by the feature | |
* @param site site to be associated with the feature | |
* @return concrete feature object | |
* @exception CoreException | |
* @since 2.1 | |
*/ | |
public IFeature createFeature(URL url, ISite site, IProgressMonitor monitor) throws CoreException; | |
} |