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 * Copyright 2015 Open Networking Laboratory
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
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package org.onosproject.app;

import org.onosproject.core.Permission;
import org.onosproject.core.Version;

import java.net.URI;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Optional;
import java.util.Set;

/**
 * Description of a network control/management application.
 */
public interface ApplicationDescription {

    /**
     * Returns the application name id.
     *
     * @return application identifier
     */
    String name();

    /**
     * Returns the application version.
     *
     * @return application version
     */
    Version version();

    /**
     * Returns description of the application.
     *
     * @return application description text
     */
    String description();

    /**
     * Returns the name of the application origin, group or company.
     *
     * @return application origin
     */
    String origin();

    /**
     * Returns the permissions requested by the application.
     *
     * @return requested permissions
     */
    Set<Permission> permissions();

    /**
     * Returns the feature repository URI. Null value signifies that the
     * application did not provide its own features repository.
     *
     * @return optional feature repo URL
     */
    Optional<URI> featuresRepo();

    /**
     * Returns the list of features comprising the application. At least one
     * feature must be given.
     *
     * @return application features
     */
    List<String> features();
}