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package org.eclipse.jdt.ui.text;
import org.eclipse.swt.graphics.Color;
import org.eclipse.jface.text.source.ISharedTextColors;
/**
* Manages SWT color objects for the given color keys and
* given <code>RGB</code> objects. Until the <code>dispose</code>
* method is called, the same color object is returned for
* equal keys and equal <code>RGB</code> values.
* <p>
* In order to provide backward compatibility for clients of <code>IColorManager</code>, extension
* interfaces are used to provide a means of evolution. The following extension interfaces exist:
* <ul>
* <li>{@link org.eclipse.jdt.ui.text.IColorManagerExtension} since version 2.0 introducing
* the ability to bind and un-bind colors.</li>
* </ul>
* </p>
* <p>
* This interface may be implemented by clients.
* </p>
*
* @see org.eclipse.jdt.ui.text.IColorManagerExtension
* @see org.eclipse.jdt.ui.text.IJavaColorConstants
*/
public interface IColorManager extends ISharedTextColors {
/**
* Returns a color object for the given key. The color objects
* are remembered internally; the same color object is returned
* for equal keys.
*
* @param key the color key
* @return the color object for the given key
*/
Color getColor(String key);
}