1 /******************************************************************************* 2 * Copyright (c) 2004, 2006 IBM Corporation and others. 3 * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials 4 * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 5 * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at 6 * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html 7 * 8 * Contributors: 9 * IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation 10 *******************************************************************************/ 11 package org.eclipse.core.runtime; 12 13 /** 14 * Bundle group providers define groups of plug-ins which have been installed in 15 * the current system. Typically, a configuration agent (i.e., plug-in installer) will 16 * define a bundle group provider so that it can report to the system the list 17 * of plug-ins it has installed. 18 * @see IBundleGroup 19 * @since 3.0 20 */ 21 public interface IBundleGroupProvider { 22 23 /** 24 * Returns the human-readable name of this bundle group provider. 25 * 26 * @return the name of this bundle group provider 27 */ 28 public String getName(); 29 30 /** 31 * Returns the bundle groups provided by this provider. 32 * 33 * @return the bundle groups provided by this provider 34 */ 35 public IBundleGroup[] getBundleGroups(); 36 } 37