ICodeGeneratorDescriptor.java

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 // BEGIN GENERATED CODE
package gov.redhawk.ide.codegen;

import org.eclipse.core.runtime.CoreException;

/**
 * @noimplement This interface is not intended to be implemented by clients.
 */
public interface ICodeGeneratorDescriptor extends Comparable<ICodeGeneratorDescriptor> {
	/**
	 * @since 9.0
	 */
	public static final String COMPONENT_TYPE_RESOURCE = "resource";
	
	/**
	 * @since 9.0
	 */
	public static final String COMPONENT_TYPE_DEVICE = "device";
	
	/**
	 * @since 9.0
	 */
	public static final String COMPONENT_TYPE_SERVICE = "service";
	
	String getName();

	String getId();

	String getIconPath();

	String getLanguage();

	String getLanguageVersion();

	String getCompiler();

	String getCompilerVersion();

	String getRuntime();

	String getRuntimeVersion();

	String getDescription();

	String getHumanLanguage();

	String getContributingBundleId();

	/**
	 * @since 5.0
	 */
	String getAssociatedPerspectiveId();

	boolean notDefaultableGenerator();

	/**
	 * @since 4.0
	 */
	boolean autoGenerate();

	IOperatingSystem[] getOperatingSystems();

	IProcessor[] getProcessors();

	IScaComponentCodegen getGenerator() throws CoreException;
	
	/**
	 * @since 9.0
	 */
	String getPriority();

	/**
	 * Returns true if the generator supports the specified component type.
	 * 
	 * @param componentType
	 * @return true if the generator supports the given component type
	 * @since 9.0
	 */
	boolean supportsComponentType(String componentType);
	
	/**
	 * @since 10.0
	 */
	boolean isDeprecated();
}