/* ========================================================================
* JCommon : a free general purpose class library for the Java(tm) platform
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*
* ---------------
* ModuleInfo.java
* ---------------
* (C)opyright 2004, by Thomas Morgner and Contributors.
*
* Original Author: Thomas Morgner;
* Contributor(s): David Gilbert (for Object Refinery Limited);
*
* $Id: ModuleInfo.java,v 1.3 2005/10/18 13:14:50 mungady Exp $
*
* Changes
* -------
* 07-Jun-2004 : Added JCommon header (DG);
*
*/
package org.jfree.base.modules;
/**
* The Module info class encapsulates metadata about a given module. It holds the
* list of dependencies and the module version and description.
*
* @author Thomas Morgner
*/
public interface ModuleInfo {
/**
* Returns the module class of the desired base module.
*
* @return The module class.
*/
public String getModuleClass();
/**
* Returns the major version of the base module. The string should
* contain a compareable character sequence so that higher versions
* of the module are considered greater than lower versions.
*
* @return The major version of the module.
*/
public String getMajorVersion();
/**
* Returns the minor version of the base module. The string should
* contain a compareable character sequence so that higher versions
* of the module are considered greater than lower versions.
*
* @return The minor version of the module.
*/
public String getMinorVersion();
/**
* Returns the patchlevel version of the base module. The patch level
* should be used to mark bugfixes. The string should
* contain a compareable character sequence so that higher versions
* of the module are considered greater than lower versions.
*
* @return The patch level version of the module.
*/
public String getPatchLevel();
}