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* Contributors:
* IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
* Wind River - Pawel Piech - Need a clarification on usage of IElement*Provider interfaces with update arrays (Bug 213609)
*******************************************************************************/
package org.eclipse.debug.internal.ui.viewers.model.provisional;
/**
* Provides context sensitive labels. Can be registered as an adapter for an element,
* or implemented directly.
* <p>
* Note: provider methods are called in the Display thread of the viewer.
* To avoid blocking the UI, long running operations should be performed
* asynchronously.
* </p>
*
* @since 3.3
*/
public interface IElementLabelProvider {
/**
* Updates the specified labels.
*
* @param updates Each update specifies the element and context for which a label is requested and
* stores label attributes. The update array is guaranteed to have at least one element, and for
* all updates to have the same presentation context.
*/
public void update(ILabelUpdate[] updates);
}