ResourceDescriptor.java

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package org.teiid.designer.core.container;

import java.util.List;
import org.eclipse.emf.ecore.resource.Resource;
import org.teiid.core.designer.ModelerCoreException;

/**
 * ResourceDescriptor
 *
 * @since 8.0
 */
public interface ResourceDescriptor {
    
    /**
     * Return the unique identifier of the resource type.
     * @return the unique identifier
     */
    String getUniqueIdentifier();

    /**
     * Get the file extensions that this resource
     * @return
     */
    List getExtensions();

    /**
     * @return
     */
    List getProtocols();
    
    /**
     * Return the {@link org.eclipse.emf.ecore.resource.Resource.Factory Resource.Factory} that
     * can be used to create {@link org.eclipse.emf.ecore.resource.Resource} instances.
     * @return
     */
    Resource.Factory getResourceFactory() throws ModelerCoreException;

}