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| * |
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| * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at |
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| * |
| * SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0 |
| * |
| * Contributors: |
| * IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation |
| *******************************************************************************/ |
| package org.eclipse.search.ui; |
| |
| import org.eclipse.core.resources.IMarker; |
| |
| /** |
| * Computes the key by which the markers in the search result view |
| * are grouped. |
| * |
| * <p> |
| * Clients may implement this interface. |
| * </p> |
| * |
| * @deprecated Part of the old ('classic') search result view. Since 3.0 clients can create their own search result view pages (see {@link ISearchResultPage}), leaving it up to the page |
| * how to group search results. |
| */ |
| @Deprecated |
| public interface IGroupByKeyComputer { |
| |
| /** |
| * Computes and returns key by which the given marker is grouped. |
| * |
| * @param marker the marker for which the key must be computed |
| * @return an object that will be used as the key for that marker, |
| * <code>null</code> if the marker seems to be invalid |
| */ |
| public Object computeGroupByKey(IMarker marker); |
| } |