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package org.eclipse.jface.text.reconciler;
import org.eclipse.core.runtime.IProgressMonitor;
/**
* Extends {@link org.eclipse.jface.text.reconciler.IReconcilingStrategy}
* with the following functions:
* <ul>
* <li>usage of a progress monitor</li>
* <li>initial reconciling step: if a reconciler runs as periodic activity in the background, this
* methods offers the reconciler a chance for initializing its strategies and achieving a
* reconciled state before the periodic activity starts.</li>
* </ul>
*
* @since 2.0
*/
public interface IReconcilingStrategyExtension {
/**
* Tells this reconciling strategy with which progress monitor
* it will work. This method will be called before any other
* method and can be called multiple times.
*
* @param monitor the progress monitor with which this strategy will work
*/
void setProgressMonitor(IProgressMonitor monitor);
/**
* Called only once in the life time of this reconciling strategy.
*/
void initialReconcile();
}