CloudApplicationArchiverStrategy.java

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package org.springframework.ide.eclipse.boot.dash.cloudfoundry.packaging;

import org.eclipse.core.runtime.IProgressMonitor;

/**
 * Instances of this interface is responsible for initializing and instance of {@link ICloudApplicationArchiver}.
 * @author Kris De Volder
 */
public interface CloudApplicationArchiverStrategy {

	/**
	 * A strategy may or may not always be applicable in a given situation. In that case it may return null when
	 * asked to produce a ICloudApplicationArchiver.
	 */
	ICloudApplicationArchiver getArchiver(IProgressMonitor mon);

}