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/*******************************************************************************
* Copyright (c) 2004 IBM Corporation and others.
* All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
* are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
* which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
* http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
*
* Contributors:
* IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
*******************************************************************************/
package org.eclipse.core.runtime.preferences;
/**
* Represents a node in the preference hierarchy which is used in
* the import/export mechanism.
* <p>
* This interface is not intended to be implemented by clients.
* </p>
* @since 3.0
*/
public interface IExportedPreferences extends IEclipsePreferences {
/**
* Return <code>true</code> if this node was an export root
* when the preferences were exported, and <code>false</code>
* otherwise. This information is used during the import to clear
* nodes when importing a node's (and its children's) preferences.
*
* @return <code>true</code> if this node is an export root
* and <code>false</code> otherwise
*/
public boolean isExportRoot();
}