IPlatformDependency.java

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package com.android.sdklib.internal.repository;

import com.android.sdklib.AndroidVersion;

/**
 * Interface used to decorate a {@link Package} that has a dependency
 * on a specific platform (API level and/or code name).
 * <p/>
 * A package that has this dependency can only be installed if a platform with at least the
 * requested API level is present or installed at the same time.
 * <p/>
 * Note that although this interface looks like {@link IPackageVersion}, it does not convey
 * the same semantic, that is {@link IPackageVersion} does <em>not</em> imply any dependency being
 * a limiting factor as far as installation is concerned.
 */
public interface IPlatformDependency {

    /** Returns the version of the platform dependency of this package. */
    AndroidVersion getVersion();

}