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 * Fabric3
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package org.fabric3.spi.contribution.archive;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.URL;
import java.util.List;

import org.fabric3.spi.model.os.Library;

/**
 * Constructs a classpath based on the contents of an archive. Implementations introspect archives and place any required artifacts on the classpath.
 * For example, a jar processor may place libraries found in /META-INF/lib on the classpath.
 */
public interface ClasspathProcessor {

    /**
     * Returns true if the processor can introspect the given archive
     *
     * @param url the location of the archive
     * @return true if the processor can introspect the archive
     */
    boolean canProcess(URL url);

    /**
     * Constructs the classpath by introspecting the archive
     *
     * @param url       the location of the archive
     * @param libraries the native libraries contained in the archive
     * @return the classpath URLs for the given archive
     * @throws IOException if an error occurs during introspection
     */
    List process(URL url, List libraries) throws IOException;

}