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 * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
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 * Contributors:
 *      Sonatype, Inc. - initial API and implementation
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package org.eclipse.m2e.model.edit.pom;

import org.eclipse.emf.common.util.EList;
import org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EObject;


/**
 * <!-- begin-user-doc --> A representation of the model object ' <em><b>Dependency Management</b></em>'. <!--
 * end-user-doc --> <!-- begin-model-doc --> 4.0.0 Section for management of default dependency information for use in a
 * group of POMs. <!-- end-model-doc -->
 * <p>
 * The following features are supported:
 * <ul>
 * <li>{@link org.eclipse.m2e.model.edit.pom.DependencyManagement#getDependencies <em>Dependencies</em>}</li>
 * </ul>
 * </p>
 * 
 * @see org.eclipse.m2e.model.edit.pom.PomPackage#getDependencyManagement()
 * @model extendedMetaData="name='DependencyManagement' kind='elementOnly'"
 * @generated
 */
public interface DependencyManagement extends EObject {
  /**
   * Returns the value of the '<em><b>Dependencies</b></em>' containment reference list. The list contents are of type
   * {@link org.eclipse.m2e.model.edit.pom.Dependency}. <!-- begin-user-doc --> <!-- end-user-doc --> <!--
   * begin-model-doc --> 4.0.0 The dependencies specified here are not used until they are referenced in a POM within
   * the group. This allows the specification of a "standard" version for a particular dependency. <!-- end-model-doc
   * -->
   * 
   * @return the value of the '<em>Dependencies</em>' containment reference list.
   * @see #isSetDependencies()
   * @see #unsetDependencies()
   * @see org.eclipse.m2e.model.edit.pom.PomPackage#getDependencyManagement_Dependencies()
   * @model containment="true" unsettable="true" extendedMetaData=
   *        "kind='element' name='dependencies' namespace='##targetNamespace'"
   * @generated
   */
  EList<Dependency> getDependencies();

  /**
   * Unsets the value of the ' {@link org.eclipse.m2e.model.edit.pom.DependencyManagement#getDependencies
   * <em>Dependencies</em>}' containment reference list. <!-- begin-user-doc --> <!-- end-user-doc -->
   * 
   * @see #isSetDependencies()
   * @see #getDependencies()
   * @generated
   */
  void unsetDependencies();

  /**
   * Returns whether the value of the ' {@link org.eclipse.m2e.model.edit.pom.DependencyManagement#getDependencies
   * <em>Dependencies</em>}' containment reference list is set. <!-- begin-user-doc --> <!-- end-user-doc -->
   * 
   * @return whether the value of the '<em>Dependencies</em>' containment reference list is set.
   * @see #unsetDependencies()
   * @see #getDependencies()
   * @generated
   */
  boolean isSetDependencies();

} // DependencyManagement