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package imagej.platform;

import imagej.plugin.ImageJPlugin;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.URL;

import org.scijava.plugin.Plugin;

/**
 * An interface for configuring a specific deployment platform, defined by
 * criteria such as operating system, machine architecture or Java version.
 * <p>
 * Platforms discoverable at runtime must implement this interface and be
 * annotated with @{@link Plugin} with attribute {@link Plugin#type()} =
 * {@link Platform}.class. While it possible to create a platform merely by
 * implementing this interface, it is encouraged to instead extend
 * {@link AbstractPlatform}, for convenience.
 * </p>
 * 
 * @author Curtis Rueden
 * @see Plugin
 * @see PlatformService
 */
public interface Platform extends ImageJPlugin {

	/** Java Runtime Environment vendor to match. */
	String javaVendor();

	/** Minimum required Java Runtime Environment version. */
	String javaVersion();

	/** Operating system architecture to match. */
	String osArch();

	/** Operating system name to match. */
	String osName();

	/** Minimum required operating system version. */
	String osVersion();

	void configure(PlatformService service);

	void open(URL url) throws IOException;

	/**
	 * Informs the platform of a UI's newly created application menu structure.
	 * The platform may choose to do something platform-specific with the menus.
	 * 
	 * @param menus The UI's newly created menu structure
	 * @return true iff the menus should not be added to the UI as normal because
	 *         the platform did something platform-specific with them instead.
	 */
	boolean registerAppMenus(Object menus);

}

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