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// Copyright (c) 2005, 2006 IBM Corporation and others.
// All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
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//
// Contributors:
// IBM Corporation - initial implementation
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package org.eclipse.epf.authoring.ui.richtext;

import org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EObject;
import org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EStructuralFeature;
import org.eclipse.epf.richtext.IRichText;
import org.eclipse.epf.uma.MethodElement;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Label;


/**
 * The interface for a Rich Text control used in the Method editors.
 * 
 * @author Kelvin Low
 * @since 1.0
 */
public interface IMethodRichText extends IRichText {

	/**
	 * Returns the method element associated with this rich text control.
	 */
	public MethodElement getMethodElement();

	/**
	 * Returns the modal object associated with this rich text control.
	 */
	public EObject getModalObject();

	/**
	 * Sets the modal object associated with this rich text control.
	 */
	public void setModalObject(EObject modalObject);

	/**
	 * Returns modal object feature associated with this rich text control.
	 */
	public EStructuralFeature getModalObjectFeature();

	/**
	 * Sets the modal object feature associated with this rich text control.
	 */
	public void setModalObjectFeature(EStructuralFeature modalObjectFeature);

	/**
	 * Initialize the MethodRichText with the edited MethodElemnt and name of the field
	 * @param element
	 * @param fieldName
	 */
	public void init(MethodElement element, Label label);

}