bundlerepository/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/bundlerepository/Resource.java

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// This document is an experimental draft to enable interoperability
// between bundle repositories. There is currently no commitment to 
// turn this draft into an official specification.  
package org.apache.felix.bundlerepository;

import java.util.Map;

import org.osgi.framework.Version;

/**
 * A resource is an abstraction of a downloadable thing, like a bundle.
 * 
 * Resources have capabilities and requirements. All a resource's requirements
 * must be satisfied before it can be installed.
 */
public interface Resource
{
    final String LICENSE_URI = "license";

    final String DESCRIPTION = "description";

    final String DOCUMENTATION_URI = "documentation";

    final String COPYRIGHT = "copyright";

    final String SOURCE_URI = "source";

    final String JAVADOC_URI = "javadoc";

    final String SYMBOLIC_NAME = "symbolicname";

    final String PRESENTATION_NAME = "presentationname";

    final String ID = "id";

    final String VERSION = "version";

    final String URI = "uri";

    final String SIZE = "size";

    final String CATEGORY = "category";

    final String MANIFEST_VERSION = "manifestversion";

    /**
     * Get all resource properties
     * @return
     */
    Map getProperties();

    /**
     * Shortcut for {{getProperties().get(ID)}}
     * @return
     */
    String getId();

    /**
     * Shortcut for {{getProperties().get(SYMBOLIC_NAME)}}
     * @return
     */
    String getSymbolicName();

    /**
     * Shortcut for {{getProperties().get(VERSION)}}
     * @return
     */
    Version getVersion();

    /**
     * Shortcut for {{getProperties().get(PRESENTATION_NAME)}}
     * @return
     */
    String getPresentationName();

    /**
     * Shortcut for {{getProperties().get(URI)}}
     * @return
     */
    String getURI();

    /**
     * Shortcut for {{getProperties().get(SIZE)}}
     * @return
     */
    Long getSize();

    /**
     * Retrieve this resource categories
     * @return
     */
    String[] getCategories();

    /**
     * Retrieve the capabilities
     * @return
     */
    Capability[] getCapabilities();

    /**
     * Retrieve the requirements
     *
     * @return
     */
    Requirement[] getRequirements();

    /**
     * Returns whether this resource is a local one or not.
     *
     * Local resources are already available in the OSGi framework and thus will be
     * preferred over other resources.
     */
    boolean isLocal();

}