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* IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
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package org.eclipse.debug.ui.memory;
import org.eclipse.core.runtime.CoreException;
/**
* Represents a type of memory rendering contributed via the <code>memoryRenderings</code>
* extension point.
* <p>
* Clients contributing a rendering usually
* implement {@link org.eclipse.debug.ui.memory.IMemoryRenderingTypeDelegate}
* and {@link org.eclipse.debug.ui.memory.IMemoryRendering}. Clients providing
* dynamic rendering bindings via an
* {@link org.eclipse.debug.ui.memory.IMemoryRenderingBindingsProvider}
* may implement this interface.
* </p>
* @since 3.1
*/
public interface IMemoryRenderingType {
/**
* Returns a label for this type of memory rendering.
*
* @return a label for this type of memory rendering
*/
public String getLabel();
/**
* Returns the unique identifier for this rendering type.
*
* @return the unique identifier for this rendering type
*/
public String getId();
/**
* Creates and returns a new rendering of this type or <code>null</code>
* if none.
*
* @return a new rendering of this type
* @exception CoreException if an exception occurs creating
* the rendering
*/
public IMemoryRendering createRendering() throws CoreException;
}