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package org.eclipse.core.resources.variableresolvers;
import org.eclipse.core.resources.IResource;
/**
* An interface that variable providers should implement in order to extends the default path
* variable list used to resolve relative locations of linked resources.
*
* @since 3.6
*/
public abstract class PathVariableResolver {
/**
* This method can return a list of possible variables resolved by this resolver.
* <p>
* This default implementation always returns <code>null</code>. Subclasses should override to
* provide custom extensions.
* </p>
*
* @param variable The current variable name.
* @param resource The resource that the variable is being resolved for.
* @return the list of supported variables
*/
public String[] getVariableNames(String variable, IResource resource) {
return null;
}
/**
* Returns a variable value
*
* @param variable The current variable name.
* @param resource The resource that the variable is being resolved for.
* @return the variable value.
*/
public abstract String getValue(String variable, IResource resource);
}