1 package net.sourceforge.blogentis.plugins;
2
3 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
4 //Blogentis - a blog publishing platform.
5 //Copyright (C) 2004 Tassos Bassoukos <abassouk@gmail.com>
6 //
7 //This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
8 //modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
9 //License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
10 //version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
11 //
12 //This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
13 //but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
14 //MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
15 //Lesser General Public License for more details.
16 //
17 //You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
18 //License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
19 //Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
20 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
21 //
22 //$Id: IExtension.java,v 1.1 2004/10/22 17:34:14 tassos Exp $
23 //
24
25 /***
26 * Inteface for extensions that are used in extension points. This interface is
27 * intentionally minimal, as Each IExtensionPoint should require a different
28 * interface that extends this.
29 *
30 * @author abas
31 */
32 public interface IExtension {
33 /***
34 * Get the name of this extension. It should include a short description of
35 * the functionality.
36 *
37 * @return the name of this extension
38 */
39 public String getName();
40
41 /***
42 * Get the plugin that defines this extension.
43 *
44 * @return The plugin that defines this extension.
45 */
46 public IPlugin getPlugin();
47 }