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package org.eclipse.equinox.internal.p2.metadata;
import org.eclipse.equinox.p2.metadata.*;
/**
* A required capability represents some external constraint on an {@link IInstallableUnit}.
* Each capability represents something an {@link IInstallableUnit} needs that
* it expects to be provided by another {@link IInstallableUnit}. Capabilities are
* entirely generic, and are intended to be capable of representing anything that
* an {@link IInstallableUnit} may need either at install time, or at runtime.
*
* Capabilities are segmented into namespaces. Anyone can introduce new
* capability namespaces. Some well-known namespaces are introduced directly
* by the provisioning framework.
*
* @see IInstallableUnit#NAMESPACE_IU_ID
*
* @noimplement This interface is not intended to be implemented by clients.
* @noextend This interface is not intended to be extended by clients.
*/
public interface IRequiredCapability extends IRequirement {
// public String getFilter();
public String getName();
public String getNamespace();
/**
* Returns the range of versions that satisfy this required capability. Returns
* an empty version range ({@link VersionRange#emptyRange} if any version
* will satisfy the capability.
* @return the range of versions that satisfy this required capability.
*/
public VersionRange getRange();
}