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package org.eclipse.jpt.ui.structure;
import org.eclipse.core.runtime.content.IContentType;
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.
*
* 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 {
/**
* Return the type of content supported by the structure provider.
*/
IContentType getContentType();
/**
* Build an factory to create {@link TreeItemContentProvider}s
*/
TreeItemContentProviderFactory getTreeItemContentProviderFactory();
/**
* Build a factory to create {@link ItemLabelProvider}s
*/
ItemLabelProviderFactory getItemLabelProviderFactory();
}