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*
* Contributors:
* IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
* Tristan Hume - <trishume@gmail.com> -
* Fix for Bug 2369 [Workbench] Would like to be able to save workspace without exiting
* Implemented workbench auto-save to correctly restore state in case of crash.
******************************************************************************/
package org.eclipse.e4.ui.workbench;
import java.io.IOException;
import org.eclipse.e4.ui.model.application.MApplication;
import org.eclipse.emf.ecore.resource.Resource;
/**
* This handler allows clients load, create and save model resources
*
* @noimplement This interface is not intended to be implemented by clients.
* @since 1.0
*/
public interface IModelResourceHandler {
/**
* Loads an returns the most recent model that was persisted
*
* @return the most recent model state
*/
public Resource loadMostRecentModel();
/**
* Creates a resource with an app Model, used for saving copies of the main app model.
*
* @param theApp
* the application model to add to the resource
* @return a resource with a proper save path with the model as contents
*/
public Resource createResourceWithApp(MApplication theApp);
/**
* Saves the model
*
* @throws IOException
* if storing fails
*
*/
public void save() throws IOException;
}