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package org.eclipse.compare;

import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Composite;

import org.eclipse.jface.viewers.Viewer;

/**
 * A factory object for <code>Viewer</code>.
 * <p>
 * This interface is only required when creating a <code>Viewer</code> from a plugin.xml file.
 * Since <code>Viewer</code>s have no default constructor they cannot be
 * instantiated directly with <code>Class.forName</code>.
 */
public interface IViewerCreator {

	/**
	 * Creates a new viewer under the given SWT parent control.
	 *
	 * @param parent the SWT parent control under which to create the viewer's SWT control
	 * @param config a compare configuration the newly created viewer might want to use
	 * @return a new viewer
	 */
	Viewer createViewer(Composite parent, CompareConfiguration config);
}