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 *     IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
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package org.eclipse.team.core;

import java.io.File;

import org.eclipse.core.runtime.IProgressMonitor;

/**
 * This class represents provisional API. A provider is not required to
 * implement this API. Implementers, and those who reference it, do so with the
 * awareness that this class may be removed or substantially changed at future
 * times without warning.
 * <p>
 * The intention is that this class will eventually replace <code>IProjectSetSerializer</code>.
 * At the current time it only complements this API by providing a notification
 * mechanism for informing repository providers when a project set has been
 * created.
 * 
 * @see IProjectSetSerializer
 * @see RepositoryProviderType
 * 
 * @since 2.1
 */
public abstract class ProjectSetCapability {
	/**
	 * Notify the provider that a project set has been created at path. Only
	 * providers identified as having projects in the project set will be
	 * notified. The project set may or may not be created in a workspace
	 * project (thus may not be a resource).
	 * 
	 * @param File
	 *                    the project set file that was created
	 */
	public void projectSetCreated(File file, Object context, IProgressMonitor monitor) {
		//default is to do nothing
	}
}