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package jetbrains.mps.generator;
import org.jetbrains.mps.openapi.model.SModel;
/**
* Abstracts task for a generator, supplier of a model to generate.
* {@link GenerationFacade} clients may implement this interface and thus benefit from
* generation status notification bound to the tasks they've dispatched.
* <p/>
* It's advised to use provided {@link GeneratorTaskBase base class} as this interface is likely to grow.
* <p/>
* Instances of the interface are likely serve as a key in a hash map, account for this if overriding {@link #equals(Object)}/{@link #hashCode()}.
*
* @author Artem Tikhomirov
* @since 3.4
*/
public interface GeneratorTask {
SModel getModel();
/**
* Factory to instantiate particular implementation of the task.
*/
interface Factory<T extends GeneratorTask> {
T create(SModel inputModel);
}
}