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package org.pentaho.reporting.libraries.base.boot;
/**
* 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();
}