IConnectorType.java

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 * Copyright (c) 2011 Wind River Systems, Inc. and others. All rights reserved.
 * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the terms
 * of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 which accompanies this distribution, and is
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 *
 * Contributors:
 * Wind River Systems - initial API and implementation
 *******************************************************************************/
package org.eclipse.tm.te.ui.terminals.interfaces;

import org.eclipse.tm.internal.terminal.provisional.api.ITerminalConnector;
import org.eclipse.tm.te.runtime.interfaces.extensions.IExecutableExtension;
import org.eclipse.tm.te.runtime.interfaces.properties.IPropertiesContainer;

/**
 * Terminal connector type.
 */
@SuppressWarnings("restriction")
public interface IConnectorType extends IExecutableExtension {

	/**
	 * Creates the terminal connector for this terminal connector type
	 * based on the given properties.
	 *
	 * @param properties The terminal properties. Must not be <code>null</code>.
	 * @return The terminal connector or <code>null</code>.
	 */
    public ITerminalConnector createTerminalConnector(IPropertiesContainer properties);
}