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package org.codehaus.groovy.grails.plugins;

import java.util.Map;

import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;

/**
 * Base interface that just contains information about a particular plugin.
 * @author Graeme Rocher
 * @since 1.3
 */
public interface GrailsPluginInfo {

    /**
     * Defines the convention that appears within plugin class names
     */
    String TRAILING_NAME = "GrailsPlugin";

    /**
     * The name of the plugin
     */
    String NAME = "name";

    /**
     * Defines the name of the property that specifies the plugin version
     */
    String VERSION = "version";

    /**
     * @return The name of the plug-in
     */
    String getName();

    /**
     * @return The version of the plug-in
     */
    String getVersion();

    /**
     * @return The full name of the plugin including version
     */
    String getFullName();

    /**
     * Returns the location of the Resource that represents the plugin descriptor (the *GrailsPlugin.groovy file)
     * @return The resource
     */
    Resource getDescriptor();

    /**
     * @return The directory where the plugin exists or null if it cannot be read
     */
    Resource getPluginDir();

    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    /**
     * Gets the properties of the plugin as a map
     * @return A map of the properties
     */
    Map getProperties();
}
