Package org.eclipse.update.core

Provides support for extending the base installation and update services.

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Description

Interface Summary

IArchiveReference	Site archive interface.
ICategory	Feature category definition.
IContentConsumer	Generic content consumer.
IFeature	Feature defines the packaging "container" for a group of related plug-ins, plug-in fragments, and optionally non-plug-in files.
IFeatureContentConsumer	Feature content consumer.
IFeatureContentProvider	Feature content provider.
IFeatureFactory	Feature factory interface.
IFeatureReference	Feature reference.
IImport	Plug-in dependency entry.
IInstallHandler	Custom install handler.
IInstallHandlerEntry	Install handler entry.
INonPluginEntry	Non-plug-in entry defines an arbitrary non-plug-in data file packaged as part of a feature.
IPluginEntry	Plug-in entry defines a packaging reference from a feature to a plug-in.
ISite	Site represents a location containing some number of features (packaged or installed).
ISiteContentProvider	Site content provider.
ISiteFactory	Site factory interface.
IURLEntry	URL entry is an annotated URL object.
IVerificationListener	Verification listener.
IVerificationResult	Verification result.
IVerifier	Verifier.

Class Summary

ArchiveReference	Convenience implementation of a site archive.
BaseFeatureFactory	Base implementation of a feature factory.
BaseInstallHandler	Base implementation of an install handler.
BaseSiteFactory	Base implementation of a site factory.
Category	Convenience implementation of feature category definition.
ContentReference	Content reference implements a general access wrapper to feature and site content.
Feature	Convenience implementation of a feature.
FeatureContentProvider	Base implementation of a feature content provider.
FeatureReference	Convenience implementation of a feature reference.
Import	Convenience implementation of a plug-in dependency.
InstallHandlerEntry	Convenience implementation of an install handler entry.
InstallMonitor	Install progress monitor Delegating wrapper for IProgressMonitor used for installation handling.
JarContentReference	Local .jar file content reference
JarContentReference.ContentSelector	Content selector used in .jar operations.
JarEntryContentReference	.jar file entry content reference
NonPluginEntry	Convenience implementation of non-plug-in entry.
PluginEntry	Convenience implementation of plug-in entry.
Site	Convenience implementation of a site.
SiteContentProvider	Base site content provider
SiteManager	Site Manager.
URLEntry	Convenience implementation of an annotated URL.
Utilities	This class is a collection of utility functions that can be used for install processing
Verifier	Convenience implementation of a verifier.
VersionedIdentifier	Versioned Identifier.
WebInstallHandler	This is a utility class used find information about the update web application (handling web-triggered requests)

Package org.eclipse.update.core Description

Provides support for extending the base installation and update services.

Package Specification

This package specifies the API required for writing pluggable support of alternate feature packaging schemes and update site access mechanisms. For the most part, the classes and interfaces in this package implement a code pattern class Foo extends FooModel implements IFoo. The interface (IFoo in the pattern) defines the actual API. The convenience classes (Foo in the pattern) provide a reference implementation of the API based on a model (IFooModel in the pattern) contained in package org.eclipse.update.core.model. In general, developers should extend the convenience classes rather than completely reimplementing the specified interfaces.