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package org.netbeans.modules.db.mysql.impl;

import java.util.Collection;

/**
 * This interface defines an abstraction of an installation of MySQL which can
 * have several versions in the same system. For example, on Windows, there can
 * be several versions of MySQL installed in C:\Program Files\.
 *
 * @author jhavlin
 */
public interface MultiInstallation {

    /**
     * Get collection of existing or theoretically possible installations in the
     * local system.
     */
    public Collection<Installation> getInstallations();

    /**
     * Result of last invocation of {@link #getInstallations()} can be cached.
     * This method forces this object to return fresh results the next time the
     * method is invoked.
     */
    public void refresh();
}
