org.eclipse.debug.ui/ui/org/eclipse/debug/internal/ui/viewers/model/provisional/IChildrenUpdate.java

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package org.eclipse.debug.internal.ui.viewers.model.provisional;


/**
 * Context sensitive children update request for a parent and subrange of its
 * children.
 *
 * @noimplement This interface is not intended to be implemented by clients.
 * @since 3.3
 */
public interface IChildrenUpdate extends IViewerUpdate {

	/**
	 * Returns the offset at which children have been requested for. This is
	 * the index of the first child being requested.
	 *
	 * @return offset at which children have been requested for
	 */
	int getOffset();

	/**
	 * Returns the number of children requested.
	 *
	 * @return number of children requested
	 */
	int getLength();

	/**
	 * Sets the child for this request's parent at the given offset.
	 *
	 * @param child child
	 * @param offset child offset
	 */
	void setChild(Object child, int offset);
}