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package org.pdtextensions.repos.api;
import java.util.List;
import org.eclipse.core.runtime.CoreException;
import org.eclipse.core.runtime.IProgressMonitor;
/**
* A tag aware provider allows to access the repository modules by human readable tags.
* Tags are categories that group up modules and provide a human readable structure.
*
* @author mepeisen
*/
public interface ITagAwareProvider extends IRepositoryProvider {
/**
* Returns all tags within the repository at top level.
* @param monitor the progress monitor; support to cancel a long search; maybe null
* @return tags at top level.
* @throws CoreException thrown if the remote repository could not be contacted
*/
List<ITag> getToplevelTags(IProgressMonitor monitor) throws CoreException;
/**
* Searches the repository for a specific tag
* @param name The tag name; must not contain any wildcards
* @param deep true to search for deep tags; false to search on top level
* @param monitor the progress monitor; support to cancel a long search; maybe null
* @return the list of tags that were found.
* @throws CoreException thrown if the remote repository could not be contacted
*/
List<ITag> searchTag(String name, boolean deep, IProgressMonitor monitor) throws CoreException;
/**
* Returns true if the repository supports regular expression search
* @return true for support of method {@see #searchTagRegex(String, boolean)}
*/
boolean supportsRegexSearch();
/**
* Searches the repository for a specific tag (supports regular expressions)
* @param name The tag name
* @param deep true to search for deep tags; false to search on top level
* @param monitor the progress monitor; support to cancel a long search; maybe null
* @return the list of tags that were found.
* @throws CoreException thrown if the remote repository could not be contacted
*/
List<ITag> searchTagRegex(String name, boolean deep, IProgressMonitor monitor) throws CoreException;
}