| /******************************************************************************* |
| * Copyright (c) 2005 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 |
| * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html |
| * |
| * Contributors: |
| * IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation |
| *******************************************************************************/ |
| |
| package org.eclipse.wst.ws.internal.registry; |
| |
| import java.util.Iterator; |
| |
| import org.eclipse.wst.ws.internal.model.v10.registry.Registry; |
| |
| /** |
| * An <code>ITaxonomyFinder</code> computes the set of |
| * <code>Taxonomy</code> models referenced or used by a |
| * <code>Registry</code>. |
| * @author gilberta@ca.ibm.com |
| * @see IRegistryManager |
| */ |
| public interface ITaxonomyFinder |
| { |
| /** |
| * Returns an iterator over the set of taxonomies used |
| * by the given <code>registry</code>. This method may |
| * return an empty iterator or <b>null</b> if the |
| * <code>Registry</code> does not reference any taxonomies. |
| * |
| * @param registry The <code>Registry</code> for which |
| * a set of taxonomies might be found. |
| * @return An iterator of taxonomies or <b>null</b>. |
| */ |
| public Iterator taxonomies ( Registry registry ); |
| } |