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 * IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
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package org.eclipse.wst.common.frameworks.datamodel;
/**
 * <p>
 * IDataModelProperties provides the base interface for all Data Model Properties interfaces.
 * The interface itself can be used to access an instance of the IDataModel and IDataModelProvider which will be registered
 * against with the interface.  IDataModels are not meant to be instantiated directly, rather they are built from an
 * IDataModelProvider. In this way the user will call to the DataModelFactory passing in the interface,
 * which will return the correct IDataModel. 
 * </p>
 * <p>
 * This interface is not intended to be implemented by clients.
 * </p>
 * 
 * @see org.eclipse.wst.common.frameworks.datamodel.IDataModelProvider
 * @see org.eclipse.wst.common.frameworks.datamodel.DataModelFactory
 * 
 * @since 1.0
 */
public interface IDataModelProperties {

	/**
	 * A boolean property defaults to Boolean.TRUE. If this is set to Boolean.FALSE no extended
	 * operations will be executed.
	 */
	public static final String ALLOW_EXTENSIONS = "IDataModelProperties.ALLOW_EXTENSIONS"; //$NON-NLS-1$
	
	/**
	 * A List containing String objects, defautls to an empty List. If this list contains elements
	 * and ALLOW_EXTENSIONS is set to Boolean.TRUE, then only extended operations not identified in
	 * this list will be executed. These strings should either be the operation id or the fully
	 * qualified operation class name.
	 */
	public static final String RESTRICT_EXTENSIONS = "IDataModelProperties.RESTRICT_EXTENSIONS"; //$NON-NLS-1$
	
}