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package org.eclipse.wst.command.internal.env.core;

import org.eclipse.wst.command.internal.env.core.data.DataMappingRegistry;

/**
 * CommandManagers help manage the lifecycle of Commands.
 */
public interface CommandManager
{
  /**
   * Returns true if this CommandManager is capable of undoing
   * Commands. Some CommandManagers and Environments may be of
   * a sort that will never undo() Commands. Command.execute()
   * methods should take advantage of this method to optimize
   * out any caching logic whenever this method returns false.
   */
  public boolean isUndoEnabled ();

  // There's probably more, like factory methods for creating
  // Undo/Redo stacks and stuff like that.
  
  public DataMappingRegistry getMappingRegistry();
}