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+/*\r
+ * \r
+ * Copyright 2001-2004 The Ant-Contrib project\r
+ *\r
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");\r
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.\r
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at\r
+ *\r
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0\r
+ *\r
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software\r
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,\r
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.\r
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and\r
+ * limitations under the License.\r
+ */\r
+package net.sf.antcontrib.cpptasks.compiler;\r
+import java.io.File;\r
+import net.sf.antcontrib.cpptasks.types.LibraryTypeEnum;\r
+/**\r
+ * A linker for executables, and static and dynamic libraries.\r
+ * \r
+ * @author Adam Murdoch\r
+ */\r
+public interface Linker extends Processor {\r
+ /**\r
+ * Extracts the significant part of a library name to ensure there aren't\r
+ * collisions\r
+ */\r
+ String getLibraryKey(File libname);\r
+ /**\r
+ * returns the library path for the linker\r
+ */\r
+ File[] getLibraryPath();\r
+ /**\r
+ * Returns a set of filename patterns corresponding to library names.\r
+ * \r
+ * For example, "advapi32" would be expanded to "advapi32.dll" by\r
+ * DevStudioLinker and to "libadvapi32.a" and "libadvapi32.so" by\r
+ * GccLinker.\r
+ * \r
+ * @param libnames\r
+ * array of library names\r
+ */\r
+ String[] getLibraryPatterns(String[] libnames, LibraryTypeEnum libraryType);\r
+ /**\r
+ * Gets the linker for the specified link type.\r
+ * \r
+ * @return appropriate linker or null, will return this if this linker can\r
+ * handle the specified link type\r
+ */\r
+ Linker getLinker(LinkType linkType);\r
+ /**\r
+ * Returns true if the linker is case-sensitive\r
+ */\r
+ boolean isCaseSensitive();\r
+}\r