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+/*******************************************************************************
+ * Copyright (c) 2007 IBM Corporation and others.
+ * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
+ * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
+ * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
+ * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
+ *
+ * Contributors:
+ *     IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
+ *******************************************************************************/
+package org.eclipse.equinox.prov.engine;
+
+/**
+ * This encapsulates the access to the profile registry. 
+ * It deals with persistence in a transparent way.
+ */
+public interface IProfileRegistry {
+	public static final String SELF = "_SELF_"; //$NON-NLS-1$
+
+	/**
+	 * Return the profile in the registry that has the given id. If it does not exist, 
+	 * then return <code>null</code>.
+	 * 
+	 * @param id the profile identifier
+	 * @return the profile or <code>null</code>
+	 */
+	Profile getProfile(String id);
+
+	/**
+	 * Return an array of profiles known to this registry. If there are none, then
+	 * return an empty array.
+	 * 
+	 * @return the array of profiles
+	 */
+	Profile[] getProfiles();
+
+	/**
+	 * Add the given profile to this profile registry.
+	 * 
+	 * @param toAdd the profile to add
+	 * @throws IllegalArgumentException if a profile
+	 *         with the same id is already present in the registry.
+	 */
+	void addProfile(Profile toAdd) throws IllegalArgumentException;
+
+	/**
+	 * Remove the given profile from this profile registry.
+	 * 
+	 * @param toRemove the profile to remove
+	 */
+	void removeProfile(Profile toRemove);
+
+}