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014
015package org.apache.hivemind.internal;
016
017import java.util.List;
018
019/**
020 * An Contribution is a contribution to an {@link org.apache.hivemind.internal.ConfigurationPoint}.
021 * 
022 * @author Howard Lewis Ship
023 */
024public interface Contribution
025{
026    /**
027     * Returns the module which made this contribution.
028     */
029    public Module getContributingModule();
030
031    /**
032     * Returns a List of {@link org.apache.hivemind.Element}, the representation of the XML
033     * elements in the extension. The ConfigurationPoint will use its
034     * {@link org.apache.hivemind.schema.Schema} (if present) to convert this XML representation
035     * into the object representation returned by {@link ConfigurationPoint#getElements()}.
036     */
037    public List getElements();
038}