IBpmn2FeatureProvider.java

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 * @author Bob Brodt
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package org.eclipse.bpmn2.modeler.core.features;

import org.eclipse.graphiti.features.IFeatureProvider;

/**
 * An interface that extends the standard Graphiti Feature Provider with a method to
 * fetch a Feature Container for a given BPMN2 model object class.
 * For each BPMN2 model class, there can be only one Feature Container that handles the
 * object's lifecycle.
 */
public interface IBpmn2FeatureProvider extends IFeatureProvider {
	
	/**
	 * Gets the feature container.
	 *
	 * @param bpmn2class the BPMN2 model object type
	 * @return the feature container
	 */
	public IFeatureContainer getFeatureContainer(Class bpmn2class);
}