001/*
002 * Copyright (c) 2006-2011 Nuxeo SA (http://nuxeo.com/) and others.
003 *
004 * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
005 * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
006 * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
007 * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
008 *
009 * Contributors:
010 *     Nuxeo - initial API and implementation
011 *
012 * $Id$
013 */
014
015package org.nuxeo.runtime.model;
016
017/**
018 * Defines an extensible object.
019 * <p>
020 * Extensible objects are accepting extensions through extension points. They provide methods for registering and
021 * unregistering extensions.
022 *
023 * @author <a href="mailto:bs@nuxeo.com">Bogdan Stefanescu</a>
024 */
025public interface Extensible {
026
027    /**
028     * Registers the given extension.
029     *
030     * @param extension the extension to register
031     */
032    void registerExtension(Extension extension);
033
034    /**
035     * Unregisters the given extension.
036     *
037     * @param extension the extension to unregister
038     */
039    void unregisterExtension(Extension extension);
040
041}