connectivity/com.nokia.carbide.remoteConnections/src/com/nokia/carbide/remoteconnections/interfaces/IConnectionType.java
/*
* Copyright (c) 2008 Nokia Corporation and/or its subsidiary(-ies).
* All rights reserved.
* This component and the accompanying materials are made available
* under the terms of the License "Eclipse Public License v1.0"
* which accompanies this distribution, and is available
* at the URL "http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html".
*
* Initial Contributors:
* Nokia Corporation - initial contribution.
*
* Contributors:
*
* Description:
*
*/
package com.nokia.carbide.remoteconnections.interfaces;
/**
* The interface for the connection type extension
*/
public interface IConnectionType {
/**
* A unique identifier for this connection type
* @return String
*/
String getIdentifier();
/**
* The display name
* @return String
*/
String getDisplayName();
/**
* A description for settings UI for this connection type
* @return String
*/
String getDescription();
/**
* Return the fully qualified help context.
* @return String
* @see org.eclipse.ui.help.IWorkbenchHelpSystem#displayHelp(String contextId)
*/
String getHelpContext();
/**
* Return a class used to create IConnection instances from UI or settings
* @return IConnectionFactory
*/
IConnectionFactory getConnectionFactory();
}