/*******************************************************************************
* Copyright (c) 2004, 2010 TimeSys Corporation and others.
* All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
* are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
* which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
* http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
*
* Contributors:
* TimeSys Corporation - Initial API and implementation
*******************************************************************************/
package org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.core;
/**
* This class represents a configuration element for loading the managed build
* model objects. They can either be loaded from the ManagedBuildInfo extension
* point, or from an instance of IManagedConfigProvider.
*
* @noextend This class is not intended to be subclassed by clients.
* @noimplement This interface is not intended to be implemented by clients.
*/
public interface IManagedConfigElement {
/**
* @return the name of this config element (i.e. tag name of the
* corresponding xml element)
*/
String getName();
/**
* @return the value of the attribute with the given name, or null
* if the attribute is unset.
*/
String getAttribute(String name);
/**
* @return all child elements of the current config element.
*/
IManagedConfigElement[] getChildren();
/**
* @return all child elements of the current config element, such that
* <code>child.getName().equals(elementName)</code>.
*/
IManagedConfigElement[] getChildren(String elementName);
}