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+/*******************************************************************************
+ * Copyright (c) 2013 Red Hat Inc. 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
+ * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
+ *
+ * Contributors:
+ *     Red Hat Inc. - Initial API and implementation
+ *******************************************************************************/
+package org.eclipse.wst.server.core;
+
+/**
+ * A module that provides additional properties.
+ * Variable constants that starts with "PROP_" are reserved for further purpose. Classes
+ * that implements this class should not use variables with this naming convention.
+ *
+ * @see org.eclipse.wst.server.core.IModule
+ * @since 1.5
+ */
+public interface IModule2 extends IModule {
+	
+	/**
+	 * A property key to store a value for the module name to
+	 * be displayed in servertools UI workflows
+	 */
+	public static final String PROP_DISPLAY_NAME = "org.eclipse.wst.server.core.displayName";
+
+	/**
+	 * A property key to store a value for the preferred name of the module 
+	 * to be used by publishers when deploying.  
+	 */
+	public static final String PROP_DEPLOY_NAME = "org.eclipse.wst.server.core.deployName";
+
+	/**
+	 * Access a property of the module. 
+	 * 
+	 * @param key
+	 * @see #PROP_DISPLAY_NAME
+	 * @see #PROP_DEPLOY_NAME
+	 * @return value of the property with the given key,
+	 *   or <code>null</code> if the value is not available on this module.
+	 */
+	public String getProperty(String key);
+}