flex-tool-api/src/main/java/org/apache/flex/tools/FlexToolGroup.java

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package org.apache.flex.tools;

import java.util.Collection;

/**
 * Interface for defining a group of flex tools. Classes implementing this
 * interface will allow loading of flex tools using the java ServiceLoader
 * mechanism.
 *
 * We intentionally decided to use String names instead of constants
 * to allow extendability in the future, so we can support more tools
 * without having to release a new version of the tools api.
 */
public interface FlexToolGroup {

    String getName();

    Collection<String> getFlexToolNames();

    boolean hasFlexTool(String name);

    FlexTool getFlexTool(String name);

}