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