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+# Copyright (C) 2017 by the Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+#
+# This file is part of GNU Mailman.
+#
+# GNU Mailman is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
+# the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
+# Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option)
+# any later version.
+#
+# GNU Mailman is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+# ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for
+# more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
+# GNU Mailman.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+"""Interfaces for plugins."""
+
+from public import public
+from zope.interface import Attribute, Interface
+
+
+@public
+class IPlugin(Interface):
+    """A plugin providing components and hooks."""
+
+    def pre_hook():
+        """A plugin hook called in the first initialization step.
+
+        This is called before the database is initialized.
+        """
+
+    def post_hook():
+        """A plugin hook called in the second initialization step.
+
+        This is called after the database is initialized.
+        """
+
+    resource = Attribute("""\
+        The object for use as the root of this plugin's REST resources.
+
+        This is the resource which will be hooked up to the REST API, and
+        served at the /<api>/plugins/<plugin.name>/ location.  All parsing
+        below that location is up to the plugin.
+
+        This attribute should be None if the plugin doesn't provide a REST
+        resource.
+
+        The resource must support getattr() and dir().
+        """)