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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.metadata.repository;
+
+import java.net.URL;
+import org.eclipse.core.runtime.IProgressMonitor;
+import org.eclipse.equinox.prov.core.repository.IRepositoryInfo;
+import org.eclipse.equinox.prov.metadata.IInstallableUnit;
+import org.eclipse.equinox.prov.query.IQueryable;
+
+/**
+ * A metadata repository stores information about a set of installable units
+ * <p>
+ * Clients may implement this interface.
+ * </p>
+ * TODO: This should be an abstract class so methods can be added in the future
+ * without breaking clients.
+ */
+public interface IMetadataRepository extends IRepositoryInfo, IQueryable {
+	/**
+	 * Returns all installable units known to this repository.
+	 * @param monitor TODO
+	 * @return the installable units known to this repository
+	 *TODO: Progress monitor? Is the repository expected to be local?
+	 */
+	public IInstallableUnit[] getInstallableUnits(IProgressMonitor monitor);
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns the URL of this repository.
+	 * TODO: Should we use URL or URI? URL requires a protocol handler to be installed
+	 * in Java.  Can the URL have any protocol?  Why are we exposing this at all?
+	 * @return the URL of this repository.
+	 */
+	public URL getLocation();
+}