/*
* The MIT License
*
* Copyright (c) 2004-2009, Sun Microsystems, Inc., Kohsuke Kawaguchi
*
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* of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
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package hudson.model;
import hudson.Extension;
import hudson.ExtensionPoint;
/**
* {@link Item} that can be directly displayed under {@link jenkins.model.Jenkins} or other containers.
* (A "container" would be any {@link ItemGroup}{@code <TopLevelItem>}, such as a folder of projects.)
* Ones that don't need to be under specific parent (say, unlike {@code MatrixConfiguration}),
* and thus can be freely moved, copied, etc.
*
* <p>
* To register a custom {@link TopLevelItem} class from a plugin, put {@link Extension} on your
* {@link TopLevelItemDescriptor}. Also see {@link Items#XSTREAM}.
*
* @author Kohsuke Kawaguchi
*/
public interface TopLevelItem extends Item, ExtensionPoint, Describable<TopLevelItem> {
/**
*
* @see Describable#getDescriptor()
*/
TopLevelItemDescriptor getDescriptor();
}