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package org.osgi.service.metatype;
import org.osgi.framework.Bundle;
/**
* The MetaType Service can be used to obtain meta type information for a
* bundle. The MetaType Service will examine the specified bundle for meta type
* documents to create the returned <code>MetaTypeInformation</code> object.
*
* <p>
* If the specified bundle does not contain any meta type documents, then a
* <code>MetaTypeInformation</code> object will be returned that wrappers any
* <code>ManagedService</code> or <code>ManagedServiceFactory</code>
* services registered by the specified bundle that implement
* <code>MetaTypeProvider</code>. Thus the MetaType Service can be used to
* retrieve meta type information for bundles which contain a meta type
* documents or which provide their own <code>MetaTypeProvider</code> objects.
*
* @version $Revision: 5673 $
* @since 1.1
*/
public interface MetaTypeService {
/**
* Return the MetaType information for the specified bundle.
*
* @param bundle The bundle for which meta type information is requested.
* @return A MetaTypeInformation object for the specified bundle.
*/
public MetaTypeInformation getMetaTypeInformation(Bundle bundle);
/**
* Location of meta type documents. The MetaType Service will process each
* entry in the meta type documents directory.
*/
public final static String METATYPE_DOCUMENTS_LOCATION = "OSGI-INF/metatype";
}
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