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package org.eclipse.team.core.sync;
/*
* (c) Copyright IBM Corp. 2000, 2001.
* All Rights Reserved.
*/
import org.eclipse.team.core.TeamException;
/**
* A <code>ILocalSyncElement</code> describes the relative synchronization of a <b>local</b>
* and <b>remote</b> resource using a <b>base</b> resource for comparison.
* <p>
* Differences between the base and remote resources are classified as <b>incoming changes</b>;
* if there is a difference, the remote resource is considered the <b>incoming resource</b>. </p>
*
* @see ILocalSyncElement
* @see ISyncProvider
*/
public interface IRemoteSyncElement extends ILocalSyncElement {
/**
* Answer the remote sync element of this node. Returns <code>null</code>
* if there is no remote.
*
* @return the remote resource in this sync element, or <code>null</code> is there
* is none.
*/
public IRemoteResource getRemote();
/**
* Answers <code>true</code> if the base tree is not to be considered during sync
* comparisons and <code>false</code> if it should. If the base tree is ignored the
* sync comparison can be based on isOutOfDate and isDirty methods only.
*/
public boolean isThreeWay();
}