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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2011 The Android Open Source 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 com.android.sdklib.internal.repository;
+
+import com.android.sdklib.repository.RepoConstants;
+
+/**
+ * Interface used to decorate a {@link Package} that has a dependency
+ * on a specific API level, e.g. which XML has a {@code <api-level>} element.
+ * <p/>
+ * For example an add-on package requires a platform with an exact API level to be installed
+ * at the same time.
+ * This is not the same as {@link IMinApiLevelDependency} which requests that a platform with at
+ * least the requested API level be present or installed at the same time.
+ * <p/>
+ * Such package requires the {@code <api-level>} element. It is not an optional
+ * property, however it can be invalid.
+ */
+public interface IExactApiLevelDependency {
+
+ /**
+ * The value of {@link #getExactApiLevel()} when the {@link RepoConstants#NODE_API_LEVEL}
+ * was not specified in the XML source.
+ */
+ public static final int API_LEVEL_INVALID = 0;
+
+ /**
+ * Returns the exact API level required by this package, if > 0,
+ * or {@link #API_LEVEL_INVALID} if the value was missing.
+ * <p/>
+ * This attribute is mandatory and should not be normally missing.
+ * It can only happen when dealing with an invalid repository XML.
+ */
+ public abstract int getExactApiLevel();
+}