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*
* Contributors:
* IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
* Stefan Xenos <sxenos@gmail.com> - Bug 335792
*******************************************************************************/
package org.eclipse.core.databinding.observable;
import java.util.Collection;
import org.eclipse.core.databinding.observable.list.IObservableList;
import org.eclipse.core.databinding.observable.set.IObservableSet;
/**
* Interface for observable collections. Only general change listeners can be
* added to an observable collection. Listeners interested in incremental
* changes have to be added using more concrete subtypes such as
* {@link IObservableList} or {@link IObservableSet}.
*
* @param <E>
* type of the elements in the collection
*
* @noextend This interface is not intended to be extended by clients.
* @noimplement This interface is not intended to be implemented by clients.
* Clients should instead subclass one of the classes that
* implement this interface. Note that direct implementers of this
* interface outside of the framework will be broken in future
* releases when methods are added to this interface.
* </p>
*
* @since 1.0
*/
public interface IObservableCollection<E> extends IObservable, Collection<E> {
/**
* Returns the element type of this observable collection, or
* <code>null</code> if this observable collection is untyped.
*
* @return the element type of this observable collection, or
* <code>null</code> if this observable collection is untyped.
*/
Object getElementType();
}