# Package org.eclipse.pde.core.target

Application programming interfaces to access and modify the PDE target platform.

## Package Specification

Provides an OSGi service, described by ITargetPlatformService, that provides information about the current target platform that plug-ins are compiled against. Multiple ITargetDefinition instances can be created and modified, but only one can be the current target platform. Use LoadTargetDefinitionJob to change which definition is the current target platform.

Interface Summary
ITargetDefinition: Defines a target platform.
ITargetHandle: A handle to a target definition.
ITargetLocation: Describes a location in a target that provides bundles and features.
ITargetLocationFactory: A factory to instantiate target locations from a serialized string of xml (see `ITargetLocation.serialize()`).
ITargetPlatformService: A service to manage target platform definitions available to the workspace.

Class Summary
LoadTargetDefinitionJob: Sets the current target platform based on a target definition.
NameVersionDescriptor: Describes something with a name and version.
TargetBundle: Describes a single bundle in a target definition.
TargetEvents: Target events and event topic definitions
TargetFeature: Describes a single feature in a target definition.