plugins/org.eclipse.wst.common.frameworks/src/org/eclipse/wst/common/frameworks/datamodel/provisional/IDataModelProvider.java

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package org.eclipse.wst.common.frameworks.datamodel.provisional;

import java.util.List;

import org.eclipse.core.runtime.IStatus;
import org.eclipse.core.runtime.Status;

public interface IDataModelProvider {

	public static IStatus OK_STATUS = new Status(IStatus.OK, "org.eclipse.wst.common.frameworks.internal", 0, "OK", null); //$NON-NLS-1$ //$NON-NLS-2$

	public void setDataModel(IDataModel dataModel);

	public IDataModel getDataModel();

	/**
	 * Returns a list of property names for which this provider is responsible. This method is
	 * called only once during initialization.
	 * 
	 * @return the array of valid property names.
	 */
	public String[] getPropertyNames();

	/**
	 * Providers should perform additional initialization here.
	 * 
	 */
	public void init();

	public Object getDefaultProperty(String propertyName);

	public boolean isPropertyEnabled(String propertyName);

	public IStatus validateProperty(String propertyName);

	public boolean setProperty(String propertyName, Object propertyValue);

	public DataModelPropertyDescriptor getPropertyDescriptor(String propertyName);

	public DataModelPropertyDescriptor[] getValidPropertyDescriptors(String propertyName);

	public List getExtendedContext();

	public DataModelOperation getDefaultOperation();

}