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// IBM Corporation - initial implementation
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package org.eclipse.epf.library.edit;

import java.util.Collection;

/**
 * This interface is used by item providers that want to include UI folders
 * and feature derived children. 
 * 
 * @author Phong Nguyen Le
 * @since 1.0
 */
public interface ILibraryItemProvider {

	/**
	 * Sets the parent of this item provider.
	 * 
	 * @param parent
	 *            a parent object, typically a method element
	 */
	void setParent(Object parent);

	/**
	 * Gets the children features.
	 * 
	 * @param object
	 *            a method element
	 * @return a collection of features for retrieving the child elements
	 */
	Collection getChildrenFeatures(Object object);

}