// RelativeValueProviderAdapterFactory.java
package org.eclipse.stem.definitions.adapters.relativevalue;

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 * Copyright (c) 2006 IBM Corporation and others.
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 * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
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 * Contributors:
 *     IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
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import org.eclipse.emf.edit.provider.ComposeableAdapterFactory;
import org.eclipse.emf.edit.provider.ComposedAdapterFactory;
import org.eclipse.emf.edit.provider.IChangeNotifier;
import org.eclipse.emf.edit.provider.IDisposable;

/**
 * This interface is implemented by classes that create adapters that adapt
 * {@link  EObject}s to {@link RelativeValueProvider}s.
 */
public interface RelativeValueProviderAdapterFactory extends
		ComposeableAdapterFactory, IChangeNotifier, IDisposable {

	/**
	 * This is the singleton instance of the factory that creates
	 * {@link RelativeValueProvider} instances.
	 * <p>
	 * This instance is a {@link ComposedAdapterFactory} which means that it
	 * collects together other {@link ComposeableAdapterFactory} adapter
	 * factories. Each class that implements
	 * {@link RelativeValueProviderAdapterFactory} needs to add itself to this
	 * instance with a call to
	 * {@link ComposedAdapterFactory#addAdapterFactory(org.eclipse.emf.common.notify.AdapterFactory)}.
	 * This will then allow adapters created by that factory to be found when
	 * adapting class instances handled by the new factory.
	 * <p>
	 * Basically, if you create an EMF model and define a
	 * {@link RelativeValueProviderAdapterFactory} for it so that the classes in
	 * that model can be adapted, you need to hook that factory into this one so
	 * that later when an attempt is made to adapt a class from that model is
	 * made the associated factory will be found. You can do that by adding the
	 * line: <code>
	 * RelativeValueProviderAdapterFactory.INSTANCE.addAdapterFactory(this);
	 * </code>
	 * to the default constructor of the new factory after the super call.
	 * You're not done however, you also have to "force" an instance of the
	 * class to be created so that the constructor is run. This is typically
	 * achieved by allocating an instance in the <code>start</code> method of
	 * the <code>Activator</code> of the plug-in that defines the factory.
	 */
	RelativeValueProviderAdapterFactoryImpl INSTANCE = new RelativeValueProviderAdapterFactoryImpl();

	/**
	 * This class is the implementation of the factory that creates
	 * {@link RelativeValueProvider}'s
	 */
	public static class RelativeValueProviderAdapterFactoryImpl extends
			ComposedAdapterFactory implements
			RelativeValueProviderAdapterFactory {

		/**
		 * @see org.eclipse.emf.edit.provider.ComposedAdapterFactory#isFactoryForType(java.lang.Object)
		 */
		@Override
		public boolean isFactoryForType(Object type) {
			return type == RelativeValueProvider.class;
		} // isFactoryForType
	} // RelativeValueProviderAdapterFactoryImpl

} // RelativeValueProviderAdapterFactory