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package org.eclipse.jpt.ui.structure;

import org.eclipse.jpt.ui.jface.ItemLabelProviderFactory;
import org.eclipse.jpt.ui.jface.TreeItemContentProviderFactory;

/**
 * This provider is responsible to create the JPA Structure view contents and 
 * labels for a given JPA resource.
 *
 * @version 2.0
 * @since 2.0
 * 
 * Provisional API: This interface is part of an interim API that is still
 * under development and expected to change significantly before reaching
 * stability. It is available at this early stage to solicit feedback from
 * pioneering adopters on the understanding that any code that uses this API
 * will almost certainly be broken (repeatedly) as the API evolves.
 */
public interface JpaStructureProvider
{
	// TODO - change this
	Object getInput();

	/**
	 * Build an factory to create {@link TreeItemContentProvider}s
	 */
	TreeItemContentProviderFactory getTreeItemContentProviderFactory();

	/**
	 * Build a factory to create {@link ItemLabelProvider}s
	 */
	ItemLabelProviderFactory getItemLabelProviderFactory();

	void dispose();
}