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package org.apache.wiki.api.providers;

import org.apache.wiki.api.core.Engine;
import org.apache.wiki.api.exceptions.NoRequiredPropertyException;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.Properties;


/**
 *  A generic Wiki provider for all sorts of things that the Wiki can store.
 *
 *  @since 2.0
 */
public interface WikiProvider {

    /** Passing this to any method should get the latest version */
    int LATEST_VERSION = -1;

    /**
     *  Initializes the page provider.
     *
     *  @param engine Engine to own this provider
     *  @param properties A set of properties used to initialize this provider
     *  @throws NoRequiredPropertyException If the provider needs a property which is not found in the property set
     *  @throws IOException If there is an IO problem
     */
    void initialize( Engine engine, Properties properties ) throws NoRequiredPropertyException, IOException;

    /**
     *  Return a valid HTML string for information.  May be anything.
     *  @since 1.6.4
     *  @return A string describing the provider.
     */
    String getProviderInfo();

}


