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| * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 |
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| package org.apache.ace.obr.metadata; |
| |
| import java.io.File; |
| import java.io.IOException; |
| |
| import org.osgi.annotation.versioning.ProviderType; |
| |
| @ProviderType |
| public interface MetadataGenerator |
| { |
| |
| /** |
| * Generates the index.xml based upon the new set of Bundles in the given directory. The xml is created |
| * as result of this method in the given directory in a file called index.xml. |
| * This methods creates the file in an atomic fashion (this includes retrying to overwrite an existing file until success). |
| * |
| * @param directory the location where to store the newly created index.xml |
| * |
| * @throws java.io.IOException If I/O problems occur when generating the new meta data index file. |
| */ |
| public void generateMetadata(File directory) throws IOException; |
| } |