IDescriptor.java

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package org.dresdenocl.modelbus.descriptor;

import org.eclipse.core.runtime.IExtension;

/**
 * <p>
 * This interface represents the minimal functionality which should be exposed
 * by a descriptor representing an extension for a particular extension point.
 * </p>
 * 
 * @author Matthias Braeuer
 */
public interface IDescriptor {

	/**
	 * The name of the attribute containing the id. This is the string
	 * <code>"id"</code>.
	 */
	String ATT_ID = "id"; //$NON-NLS-1$

	/**
	 * <p>
	 * Returns the {@link IExtension} that is represented by this descriptor.
	 * </p>
	 * 
	 * @return an {@link IExtension} instance.
	 */
	IExtension getDeclaringExtension();

	/**
	 *<p>
	 * Returns the id of the corresponding extension.
	 * </p>
	 * 
	 * @return a {@link String} that uniquely identifies an extension.
	 */
	String getId();
}