org.eclipse.xwt/src/org/eclipse/xwt/metadata/ILoadingType.java

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package org.eclipse.xwt.metadata;

/**
 * This class is used to indicate when the property can be 
 * initialized during the XML Loading. 
 * 
 * @author yyang <yves.yang@soyatec.com>
 */
public interface ILoadingType {
	public ILoadingType DEFAULT = new ILoadingType() {
		public IValueLoading getValueLoading() {
			return IValueLoading.Normal;
		}		
		public IProperty[] getDependencies() {
			return IProperty.EMPTY_ARRAY;
		}
	};
	
	/**
	 * When the property can be loaded.
	 * @return
	 */
	IValueLoading getValueLoading();

	/**
	 * The dependency properties must be loaded before.  
	 * @return
	 */
	IProperty[] getDependencies();
}