IPropertySourceProvider.java

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package org.eclipse.ui.views.properties;

/**
 * Interface used by {@link org.eclipse.ui.views.properties.PropertySheetEntry}
 * to obtain an {@link org.eclipse.ui.views.properties.IPropertySource} for a
 * given object.
 * <p>
 * This interface may be implemented by clients.
 * </p>
 */
public interface IPropertySourceProvider {

	/**
	 * Returns a property source for the given object.
	 *
	 * @param object
	 *            the object
	 * @return the property source for the object passed in (maybe
	 *         <code>null</code>)
	 */
	public IPropertySource getPropertySource(Object object);
}