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

/**
 * A generic filter for filtering out method elements in the method element
 * selection dialogs.
 * 
 * @author Shashidhar Kannoori
 * @author Jinhua Xi
 * @since 1.0
 */
public interface IFilter extends org.eclipse.epf.library.edit.IFilter {

	/*
	 * getObject()
	 */
	public Object getObject();

	/*
	 * setHelper()
	 */
	public void setHelper(FilterHelper helper);

	/**
	 * Added for futher filtering. For example, we may set a filer to prevent
	 * generalizers as base element to avoid circular dependency
	 * 
	 * @param additionalFilters
	 */
	public void setAdditionalFilters(
			org.eclipse.epf.library.edit.IFilter[] additionalFilters);

}