Contribution.java

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package org.apache.tuscany.sca.contribution;

import java.util.List;
import java.util.Set;

import org.apache.tuscany.sca.assembly.Composite;
import org.apache.tuscany.sca.assembly.Extensible;
import org.apache.tuscany.sca.contribution.resolver.ModelResolver;

/**
 * The representation of an SCA contribution.
 *
 * @version $Rev$ $Date$
 * @tuscany.spi.extension.asclient
 */
public interface Contribution extends Artifact, Extensible {

    /**
     * Default location of contribution metadata in an SCA contribution.
     */
    String SCA_CONTRIBUTION_META = "META-INF/sca-contribution.xml";

    /**
     * Default location of a generated contribution metadata in an SCA contribution.
     */
    String SCA_CONTRIBUTION_GENERATED_META = "META-INF/sca-contribution-generated.xml";

    /**
     * Returns a list of exports based on the contribution metadata.
     *
     * @return The list of exports in this contribution
     */
    List<Export> getExports();

    /**
     * Returns a list of imports based on the contribution metadata.
     *
     * @return The list of imports in this contribution
     */
    List<Import> getImports();

    /**
     * Returns the list of deployable composites in the contribution.
     *
     * @return The list of deployable composites
     */
    List<Composite> getDeployables();

    /**
     * Returns the list of artifacts in the contribution.
     *
     * @return The list of artifacts in the contribution
     */
    List<Artifact> getArtifacts();

    /**
     * Returns the model resolver for the models representing the artifacts
     * visible in the scope of this contribution.
     *
     * @return The model resolver
     */
    ModelResolver getModelResolver();

    /**
     * Sets the model resolver for the models representing the artifacts
     * visible in the scope of this contribution.
     *
     * @param modelResolver The model resolver
     */
    void setModelResolver(ModelResolver modelResolver);

    /**
     * Returns the list of contributions that this contribution depends on.
     *
     * @return
     */
    List<Contribution> getDependencies();

    /**
     * Returns the ClassLoader used to load classes and resources from
     * this contribution
     *
     * FIXME Remove this, the base contribution model should not depend
     * on Java ClassLoaders.
     *
     * @return The contribution ClassLoader
     */
    ClassLoader getClassLoader();

    /**
     * Sets the ClassLoader used to load classes and resources from
     * this contribution
     *
     * FIXME Remove this, the base contribution model should not depend
     * on Java ClassLoaders.
     *
     * @param classLoader the contribution class loader
     */
    void setClassLoader(ClassLoader classLoader);

    /**
     * Get a list of mime types that apply to this contribution archive
     * @return
     */
    Set<String> getTypes();

}