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* Copyright (c) 2015 Red Hat, Inc.
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* Eclipse Public License v1.0 which accompanies this distribution,
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*
* Contributors:
* Red Hat, Inc. - initial API and implementation
******************************************************************************/
package org.jboss.tools.openshift.common.core.connection;
/**
* @author Andre Dietisheim
*/
public interface IConnectionFactory {
/**
* Returns the human readable name of this factory.
*
* @return
*/
public String getName();
/**
* Returns the unique id of this factory.
*
* @return
*/
public String getId();
/**
* Creates a connection for the given host. Returns <code>null</code> otherwise. The connection is not authorized yet.
*
* @param url
* @return
*/
public IConnection create(String host);
/**
* Returns the default host for this factory.
*
* @return
*/
public String getDefaultHost();
boolean hasDefaultHost();
/**
* Returns <code>true</code> if this factory can create a connection of the given type.
* @param connection
* @return
*/
public <T extends IConnection> boolean canCreate(Class<T> clazz);
public String getUserDocUrl();
public String getUserDocText();
}