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*
* Contributors:
* IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
*******************************************************************************/
package org.eclipse.wst.jsdt.launching;
/**
* Optional extensions that may be implemented by an
* {@link org.eclipse.wst.jsdt.launching.IVMInstall}, providing access to
* a JRE's system properties.
* <p>
* Clients that implement {@link org.eclipse.wst.jsdt.launching.IVMInstall} may additionally
* implement this interface. However, it is strongly recommended that clients subclass
* {@link org.eclipse.wst.jsdt.launching.AbstractVMInstall} instead, which already implements
* this interface, and will insulate clients from additional API additions in the future.
* </p>
*
* Provisional API: This class/interface is part of an interim API that is still under development and expected to
* change significantly before reaching stability. It is being made available at this early stage to solicit feedback
* from pioneering adopters on the understanding that any code that uses this API will almost certainly be broken
* (repeatedly) as the API evolves.
*/
public interface IVMInstall3 {
/**
* Evaluates the specified system properties in this VM, returning the result
* as a map of property names to property values.
*
* @param properties the property names to evaluate, for example <code>{"user.home"}</code>
* @param monitor progress monitor or <code>null</code>
* @return map of system property names to associated property values
* @throws CoreException if an exception occurs evaluating the properties
*
*/
// ASDT never called
// public Map evaluateSystemProperties(String[] properties, IProgressMonitor monitor) throws CoreException;
}