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+namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.Plugins;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Marker interface for integrated/bundled plugins that ship their plugin image as an embedded
+/// resource inside the plugin assembly rather than as a file on disk.
+/// </summary>
+/// <remarks>
+/// This interface is intended for plugins compiled into the server. External plugins should
+/// continue to declare their image via the <c>imagePath</c> field in <c>meta.json</c>.
+/// </remarks>
+public interface IHasEmbeddedImage
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets the name of the embedded resource in this plugin's assembly to serve as the plugin image.
+    /// </summary>
+    string ImageResourceName { get; }
+}