IHierarchicalDataModel.java

/*-
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 * Copyright (c) 2011, 2014 Diamond Light Source Ltd.
 * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
 * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
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 *
 * Contributors:
 *    Matthew Gerring - initial API and implementation and/or initial documentation
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package org.eclipse.dawnsci.hdf5.model;

import org.eclipse.core.resources.IFile;

/**
 * A Model of a collection of Hierarchical Data File (e.g. Nexus/HDF5) where
 * each file is referred to by its IFile
 *
 * @author Tracy Miranda
 */
public interface IHierarchicalDataModel {

	/**
	 * Get the File model for the given IFile.
	 *
	 * @param file
	 *            IFile to load
	 * @return a File model of the Hierarchical Data File (e.g. Nexus/HDF5)
	 */
	IHierarchicalDataFileModel getFileModel(IFile file);
}