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14
15 package org.apache.hivemind.internal;
16
17 import java.util.List JavaDoc;
18
19 /**
20  * An Contribution is a contribution to an {@link org.apache.hivemind.internal.ConfigurationPoint}.
21  *
22  * @author Howard Lewis Ship
23  */
24 public interface Contribution
25 {
26     /**
27      * Returns the module which made this contribution.
28      */
29     public Module getContributingModule();
30
31     /**
32      * Returns a List of {@link org.apache.hivemind.Element}, the representation of the XML
33      * elements in the extension. The ConfigurationPoint will use its
34      * {@link org.apache.hivemind.schema.Schema} (if present) to convert this XML representation
35      * into the object representation returned by {@link ConfigurationPoint#getElements()}.
36      */
37     public List JavaDoc getElements();
38 }
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