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| * Copyright (c) 2000, 2010 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.update.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). |
| * <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> |
| * @since 3.0 |
| * @deprecated The org.eclipse.update component has been replaced by Equinox p2. |
| * This API will be deleted in a future release. See bug 311590 for details. |
| */ |
| 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(); |
| } |
