/*
* Copyright (C) 2008 Rob Manning
* manningr@users.sourceforge.net
*
* This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
* modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
* License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
* version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
*
* This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
* Lesser General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
* License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
* Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
*/
package net.sourceforge.squirrel_sql.client.session.mainpanel.objecttree;
import net.sourceforge.squirrel_sql.fw.sql.DatabaseObjectType;
/**
* This interface can be used by plugins that want to use a standard expander that accepts
* INodeExpanderFactory implementations for the purpose of creating child nodes of a NodeExpander.
*
* @author manningr
*/
public interface INodeExpanderFactory
{
/**
* Create a new (database-specific) INodeExpander
*
* @return a newly created INodeExpander
*/
INodeExpander createExpander(DatabaseObjectType type);
/**
* @param type
* @return
*/
String getParentLabelForType(DatabaseObjectType type);
}