IProcessStep.java

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package org.eclipse.internal.provisional.equinox.p2.jarprocessor;

import java.io.File;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Properties;

/**
 * @author aniefer@ca.ibm.com
 *
 */
public interface IProcessStep {

	/**
	 * The effect of this processing step if the JarProcessor was to recurse on this entry.
	 * Return null if this step will not do anything with this entry.
	 * Return the new entryName if this step will modify this entry on recursion.
	 * @param entryName
	 * @return The new entry name, or <code>null</code>
	 */
	public String recursionEffect(String entryName);

	/**
	 * Perform some processing on the input file before the JarProcessor considers the entries for recursion.
	 * @param input
	 * @param workingDirectory
	 * @param containers inf properties for containing jars, innermost jar is first on the list
	 * @return the file containing the result of the processing
	 */
	public File preProcess(File input, File workingDirectory, List containers);

	/**
	 * Perform some processing on the input file after the JarProcessor returns from recursion.
	 *
	 * @param input
	 * @param workingDirectory
	 * @param containers inf properties for containing jars, innermost jar is first on the list
	 * @return the file containing the result of the processing
	 */
	public File postProcess(File input, File workingDirectory, List containers);

	/**
	 * Return the name of this process step
	 * @return the name of this process step
	 */
	public String getStepName();

	/**
	 * Adjust any properties in the eclipse.inf as appropriate for this step
	 * @param input
	 * @param inf
	 * @param containers inf properties for containing jars, innermost jar is first on the list
	 */
	public void adjustInf(File input, Properties inf, List containers);
}