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 package org.apache.maven.plugin.eclipse.osgiplugin;

 import java.io.File;

 import java.io.IOException;

 import java.util.Properties;

 import java.util.jar.JarFile;

 import java.util.jar.Manifest;

 /**

  * Abstraction of Eclipse plugins

  * 

  * @author <a href="mailto:carlos@apache.org">Carlos Sanchez</a>

  * @version $Id: EclipseOsgiPlugin.java 595476 2007-11-15 22:21:55Z aheritier $

  */

 public interface EclipseOsgiPlugin

 {

     /**

      * Get the plugin Manifest

      * 

      * @return the Manifest or <code>null</code> if it has no manifest

      * @throws IOException

      */

     Manifest getManifest()

         throws IOException;

     /**

      * Whether the manifest is present or not

      * 

      * @return true if the manifest exists, false otherwise

      * @throws IOException

      */

     boolean hasManifest()

         throws IOException;

     /**

      * Get a jar with the plugin contents

      * 

      * @return the jar

      * @throws IOException

      */

     JarFile getJar()

         throws IOException;

     /**

      * Get a jar with the plugin contents

      * 

      * @return the jar file

      * @throws IOException

      */

     File getJarFile()

         throws IOException;

     /**

      * Loads the plugin.properties file from a the plugin, usually needed in order to resolve the artifact name.

      * 

      * @return loaded Properties (or an empty properties if no plugin.properties is found)

      * @throws IOException for exceptions while reading the file

      */

     Properties getPluginProperties()

         throws IOException;

     /**

      * Properties to add to the pom

      * 

      * @return pom properties

      */

     Properties getPomProperties();

     public String getManifestAttribute( String key )

         throws IOException;

 }