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package org.eclipse.debug.core.model;

import org.eclipse.core.runtime.CoreException;

/**
 * A delegate that provides a value represengting the logical structure of a raw
 * implementation value from a debug model. Associated with a logical structure
 * type extension.
 * <p>
 * Clients contributing logical structure types should implement this
 * interface.
 * </p>
 * @since 3.0
 * @see org.eclipse.debug.core.ILogicalStructureType
 */
public interface ILogicalStructureTypeDelegate {
	
	/**
	 * Returns whether this structure type can provide a logical structure for 
	 * the given value.
	 * 
	 * @param value value for which a logial structure is being requested
	 * @return whether this structure type can provide a logical structure for 
	 * the given value
	 */
	public boolean providesLogicalStructure(IValue value);
	
	/**
	 * Returns a value representing a logical structure of the given value.
	 * 
	 * @param value value for which a logical structure is being requested
	 * @return value representing logical structure
	 * @throws CoreException if an exception occurrs generating a logical
	 *  structure
	 */
	public IValue getLogicalStructure(IValue value) throws CoreException;

}