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1 /*******************************************************************************
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2 * Copyright (c) 2006, 2008 IBM Corporation and others.
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3 * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
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4 * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
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5 * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
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6 * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
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7 *
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8 * Contributors:
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9 * IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
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10 *******************************************************************************/
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12 module org.eclipse.core.databinding.observable.IObservableCollection;
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14 import java.lang.all;
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16 import java.util.Collection;
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18 import org.eclipse.core.databinding.observable.list.IObservableList;
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19 import org.eclipse.core.databinding.observable.set.IObservableSet;
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21 /**
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22 * Interface for observable collections. Only general change listeners can be
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23 * added to an observable collection. Listeners interested in incremental
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24 * changes have to be added using more concrete subtypes such as
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25 * {@link IObservableList} or {@link IObservableSet}.
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26 *
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27 * @noextend This interface is not intended to be extended by clients.
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28 * @noimplement This interface is not intended to be implemented by clients.
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29 * Clients should instead subclass one of the classes that
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30 * implement this interface. Note that direct implementers of this
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31 * interface outside of the framework will be broken in future
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32 * releases when methods are added to this interface.
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33 * </p>
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34 *
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35 * @since 1.0
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36 */
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37 public interface IObservableCollection : IObservable, Collection {
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39 /**
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40 * @return the element type of this observable value, or <code>null</code>
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41 * if this observable collection is untyped.
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42 */
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43 Object getElementType();
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45 }