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package org.eclipse.ui.views;
import org.eclipse.core.runtime.IPath;
/**
* Represents a categorization of views.
*
* <p>
* This interface is not intended to be implemented by clients.
* </p>
*
* @since 3.1
*/
public interface IViewCategory {
/**
* Return the views contained within this category. Never <code>null</code>,
* but may be empty.
*
* @return the views contained within this category
*/
IViewDescriptor[] getViews();
/**
* Return the id of this category. Never <code>null</code>.
*
* @return the id
*/
String getId();
/**
* Return the human readable name of this view category. Never <code>null</code>.
*
* @return the label
*/
String getLabel();
/**
* Return this categories path. The segments of this path will correspond to
* category ids.
*
* @return the path
*/
IPath getPath();
}