core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/core/Application.java

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 * Copyright 2015 Open Networking Laboratory
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package org.onosproject.core;

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

/**
 * Abstraction of a network control/management application.
 */
public interface Application {

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

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