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/*
* Copyright (c) 2000, 2003 IBM Corp. All rights reserved.
* This file is made available under the terms of the Common Public License v1.0
* which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
* http://www.eclipse.org/legal/cpl-v10.html
*/
package org.eclipse.compare.internal;
import org.eclipse.compare.structuremergeviewer.IStructureCreator;
/**
* A factory object for creating <code>IStructureCreator</code>s from a descriptor.
* <p>
* It is used when registering <code>IStructureCreator</code> for types
* in <code>CompareUIPlugin.registerStructureCreator</code>.
* </p>
*
* @see IStructureCreator
* @see CompareUIPlugin
*/
public interface IStructureCreatorDescriptor {
/**
* Creates a new structure creator.
*
* @return a newly created structure creator
*/
IStructureCreator createStructureCreator();
}