001/**
002 *
003 * Copyright the original author or authors
004 *
005 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
006 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
007 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
008 *
009 *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
010 *
011 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
012 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
013 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
014 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
015 * limitations under the License.
016 */
017package org.jivesoftware.smack.provider;
018
019import java.util.Collection;
020
021/**
022 * Used to load providers into the {@link ProviderManager}.
023 *
024 * @author Robin Collier
025 */
026public interface ProviderLoader {
027
028    /**
029     * Provides the IQ provider info for the creation of IQ providers to be added to the <code>ProviderManager</code>.
030     * @return The IQ provider info to load.
031     */
032    Collection<IQProviderInfo> getIQProviderInfo();
033
034    /**
035     * Provides the extension providers for the creation of extension providers to be added to the <code>ProviderManager</code>.
036     * @return The extension provider info to load.
037     */
038    Collection<ExtensionProviderInfo> getExtensionProviderInfo();
039
040    /**
041     * Provides the stream feature providers information for the creation of stream feature
042     * providers to be added to the <code>ProviderManager</code>.
043     *
044     * @return The extension provider info to load.
045     */
046    Collection<StreamFeatureProviderInfo> getStreamFeatureProviderInfo();
047}