+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ * Copyright (C) 2020 Nordix Foundation. All rights reserved.
+ * ================================================================================
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+package org.openecomp.sdc.be.plugins;
+
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import org.openecomp.sdc.be.model.Component;
+
+/**
+ * Implementations of this interface shall generate entries to be included in a csar.
+ */
+public interface CsarEntryGenerator {
+
+ /**
+ * Generate entries to be included in a csar.
+ *
+ * @param component the component the csar is based on
+ * @return Map of name to contents for entries to be included in the csar
+ */
+ Map<String, byte[]> generateCsarEntries(final Component component);
+
+}