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* Copyright (c) 2003, 2006 IBM Corporation and others.
* All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
* are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
* which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
* http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
*
* Contributors:
* IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
*******************************************************************************/
package org.eclipse.ui.navigator;
import org.eclipse.jface.viewers.ITreeContentProvider;
/**
*
* Allows extensions to vary their behavior based on properties in the extension
* model and the given memento. The state model should be initialized from
* values in the memento if necessary.
*
* <p>
* Clients should refer to the <b>org.eclipse.ui.navigator.navigatorContent</b>
* extension point for more information on building a content extension.
* </p>
*
* <p>
* Clients may (but are not required to) implement this interface if there is no
* cause to do so. {@link ITreeContentProvider} is respected by the Common
* Navigator.
* </p>
*
* @since 3.2
*
*/
public interface ICommonContentProvider extends ITreeContentProvider,
IMementoAware {
/**
* Initialize the content provider with the given configuration.
*
* @param aConfig
* The extension site provides information that some extensions
* will find useful to configure themselves properly in a
* particular viewer.
*
* @see ICommonLabelProvider
*/
void init(ICommonContentExtensionSite aConfig);
}