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}