001/*
002 * SonarQube, open source software quality management tool.
003 * Copyright (C) 2008-2014 SonarSource
004 * mailto:contact AT sonarsource DOT com
005 *
006 * SonarQube is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
007 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
008 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
009 * version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
010 *
011 * SonarQube is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
012 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
013 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
014 * Lesser General Public License for more details.
015 *
016 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
017 * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
018 * Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
019 */
020package org.sonar.api.resources;
021
022import org.sonar.api.BatchExtension;
023import org.sonar.api.ServerExtension;
024import org.sonar.api.batch.InstantiationStrategy;
025
026/**
027 * The extension point to define a new language
028 * <p/>
029 * Instantiation strategy changed to PER_BATCH in version 4.2.
030 *
031 * @since 1.10
032 */
033@InstantiationStrategy(InstantiationStrategy.PER_BATCH)
034public interface Language extends BatchExtension, ServerExtension {
035
036  /**
037   * For example "java". Should not be more than 20 chars.
038   */
039  String getKey();
040
041  /**
042   * For example "Java"
043   */
044  String getName();
045
046  /**
047   * For example ["jav", "java"].
048   * If empty, then all files in source directories are considered as sources.
049   */
050  String[] getFileSuffixes();
051
052}