IThirdPartyModule (ph-commons 11.1.0 API)

All Superinterfaces:

IHasDisplayName, IHasVersion

All Known Implementing Classes:

ThirdPartyModule
```
public interface IThirdPartyModule
extends IHasDisplayName, IHasVersion
```
Represents meta information for a single third-party module (aka JAR file).

Author:

Philip Helger

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`IThirdPartyModule`	`getAsNonOptionalCopy()`
`IThirdPartyModule`	`getAsOptionalCopy()`
`String`	`getCopyrightOwner()`
`ILicense`	`getLicense()`
`Version`	`getVersion()`
`String`	`getWebSiteURL()`
`boolean`	`isOptional()`

Methods inherited from interface com.helger.commons.name.IHasDisplayName
getDisplayName

- Method Detail
  - getCopyrightOwner
```
@Nonnull
String getCopyrightOwner()
```
    Returns:
    
    The copyright owner of this module. May not be null.
  - getLicense
```
@Nonnull
ILicense getLicense()
```
    Returns:
    
    The license used by this module. May not be null.
  - getVersion
```
@Nullable
Version getVersion()
```
    Specified by:
    
    getVersion in interface IHasVersion
    
    Returns:
    
    The optional version of this product. May be null because this means another place where the version number needs to be maintained.
  - getWebSiteURL
```
@Nullable
String getWebSiteURL()
```
    Returns:
    
    The optional web site of the module. May be null.
  - isOptional
```
boolean isOptional()
```
    Returns:
    
    true if this is an optional thirdparty module, false if it is required.
  - getAsOptionalCopy
```
@Nonnull
IThirdPartyModule getAsOptionalCopy()
```
    Returns:
    
    A copy of this module but being optional. If this module is already optional, this is returned.
  - getAsNonOptionalCopy
```
@Nonnull
IThirdPartyModule getAsNonOptionalCopy()
```
    Returns:
    
    A copy of this module but without being optional. If this module is not optional, this is returned.