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| * Copyright (c) 2007, 2008 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.equinox.internal.provisional.p2.query; |
| |
| import org.eclipse.core.runtime.IProgressMonitor; |
| |
| /** |
| * An IQueryable contains objects, and is able to perform queries on those objects. |
| * <p> |
| * This interface may be implemented by clients. |
| */ |
| public interface IQueryable { |
| /** |
| * Performs a query, passing any objects that satisfy the |
| * query to the provided collector. |
| * <p> |
| * This method is long-running; progress and cancellation are provided |
| * by the given progress monitor. |
| * </p> |
| * |
| * @param query The query to perform |
| * @param collector Collects the results of the query |
| * @param monitor a progress monitor, or <code>null</code> if progress |
| * reporting is not desired |
| * @return The collector argument |
| */ |
| public Collector query(Query query, Collector collector, IProgressMonitor monitor); |
| } |
