org.xwiki.extension
Interface ExtensionDependency

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractExtensionDependency, DefaultExtensionDependency

public interface ExtensionDependency

An extension dependency.

Since:

4.0M1

Version:

$Id: 2699658f2c71cc796f61d618015452fe10986e14 $

Method Summary

String	getId()
Map<String,Object>	getProperties() Extends ExtensionDependency standard properties.
Object	getProperty(String key)
<T> T	getProperty(String key, T def) Get a property.
VersionConstraint	getVersionConstraint()

Method Detail

getId

String getId()

Returns:

the id (or feature) of the target extension

getVersionConstraint

VersionConstraint getVersionConstraint()

Returns:

the version constraint of the target extension

getProperties

Map<String,Object> getProperties()

Extends ExtensionDependency standard properties.

Theses are generally provided by specific repositories. For example a AETHER repository will provide AETHER Dependency representation to avoid conversion when searching for the dependency on a AETHER based repository.

Returns:

the properties

getProperty

Object getProperty(String key)

Parameters:

key - the property key

Returns:

the property value

getProperty

<T> T getProperty(String key,
                  T def)

Get a property.

Type Parameters:

T - type of the property value

Parameters:

key - the property key

def - the value to return if no property is associated to the provided key

Returns:

the property value or default of the property is not found

See Also:

getProperty(String)