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| * Copyright (c) 2000, 2003 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 |
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| * |
| * Contributors: |
| * IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation |
| *******************************************************************************/ |
| package org.eclipse.update.internal.api.search; |
| |
| /** |
| * This interface is used to encapsulate a particular Update |
| * search pattern. Each search category is free to scan |
| * sites using a specific algorithm. Search category must |
| * have a unique ID. The actual search is performed in |
| * search queries. A category can provide one or more |
| * queries to run during the search. |
| */ |
| |
| public interface IUpdateSearchCategory { |
| /** |
| * Returns the unique identifier of this search category. |
| */ |
| public String getId(); |
| /** |
| * Accepts the identifier assigned to this category during |
| * the registry reading. |
| */ |
| public void setId(String id); |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns an array of update search queries that need to |
| * be run during the search. |
| * @return an arry of update search queries |
| */ |
| IUpdateSearchQuery [] getQueries(); |
| } |
