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  package org.apache.ivy.core.module.descriptor;
  
  import org.apache.ivy.core.module.id.ModuleRevisionId;
  
  /**
   * Describes parent descriptor information for a module descriptor.
   */
  public interface ExtendsDescriptor {
  
      /**
       * get the module revision id of the declared parent descriptor
       *
       * @return ModuleRevisionId
       */
      ModuleRevisionId getParentRevisionId();
  
      /**
       * get the resolved revision id for {@link #getParentRevisionId}, see
       * {@link org.apache.ivy.core.module.descriptor.ModuleDescriptor#getResolvedModuleRevisionId()}
       *
       * @return ModuleRevisionId
       */
      ModuleRevisionId getResolvedParentRevisionId();
  
      ModuleDescriptor getParentMd();
  
      /**
       * If there is an explicit path to check for the parent descriptor, return it. Otherwise returns
       * null.
       *
       * @return String
       */
      String getLocation();
  
      /**
       * Get the parts of the parent descriptor that are inherited. Default supported types are
       * <code>info</code>, <code>description</code>, <code>configurations</code>,
       * <code>dependencies</code>, and/or <code>all</code>. Ivy extensions may add support for
       * additional extends types.
       *
       * @return String[]
       */
      String[] getExtendsTypes();
  
      /**
       * @return true if the <code>all</code> extend type is specified, implying all other types
       */
      boolean isAllInherited();
  
      /**
       * @return true if parent info attributes are inherited (organisation, branch, revision, etc)
       */
      boolean isInfoInherited();
  
      /**
       * @return true if parent description is inherited
       */
      boolean isDescriptionInherited();
  
      /**
       * @return true if parent configurations are inherited
       */
      boolean areConfigurationsInherited();
  
      /**
       * @return true if parent dependencies are inherited
       */
      boolean areDependenciesInherited();
  
      boolean isLocal();
  }
  