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| * 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 |
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| * |
| * Contributors: |
| * IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation |
| *******************************************************************************/ |
| package org.eclipse.update.internal.api.search; |
| |
| /** |
| * This interface is used to represent sites that need to be |
| * searched within the search scope. In addition to being an |
| * update site adapter, it also returns an array of categories |
| * within the site that need not be searched (skipping categories |
| * makes the search faster because fewer features need to |
| * be checked and potentially downloaded from the server). |
| */ |
| public interface IUpdateSearchSite extends IUpdateSiteAdapter { |
| /** |
| * Returns an array of categories that need not be searched |
| * when scanning this site or <samp>null</samp> if all the |
| * features must be tested. |
| * @return an array of category names or <samp>null</samp> if |
| * all the features must be tested. |
| */ |
| String[] getCategoriesToSkip(); |
| } |
