1 /** 2 * Oshi (https://github.com/dblock/oshi) 3 * 4 * Copyright (c) 2010 - 2015 The Oshi Project Team 5 * 6 * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials 7 * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 8 * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at 9 * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html 10 * 11 * Contributors: 12 * dblock[at]dblock[dot]org 13 * alessandro[at]perucchi[dot]org 14 * widdis[at]gmail[dot]com 15 * https://github.com/dblock/oshi/graphs/contributors 16 */ 17 package oshi.software.os; 18 19 /** 20 * An operating system (OS) is the software on a computer that manages the way 21 * different programs use its hardware, and regulates the ways that a user 22 * controls the computer. 23 * 24 * @author dblock[at]dblock[dot]org 25 */ 26 public interface OperatingSystem { 27 28 /** 29 * Operating system family. 30 * 31 * @return String. 32 */ 33 public String getFamily(); 34 35 /** 36 * Manufacturer. 37 * 38 * @return String. 39 */ 40 public String getManufacturer(); 41 42 /** 43 * Operating system version. 44 * 45 * @return Version. 46 */ 47 OperatingSystemVersion getVersion(); 48 }