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package org.eclipse.jpt.utility.model.value;

/**
 * Extend {@link PropertyValueModel} to allow the setting of the property's value.
 * <p>
 * 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.
 * 
 * @param <T> the type of value held by the model
 */
public interface WritablePropertyValueModel<T>
	extends PropertyValueModel<T>
{

	/**
	 * Set the value and fire a property change notification.
	 * @see PropertyValueModel#VALUE
	 */
	void setValue(T value);

}