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package org.eclipse.tracecompass.tmf.ui.symbols;
import org.eclipse.jdt.annotation.NonNull;
import org.eclipse.jdt.annotation.Nullable;
import org.eclipse.tracecompass.tmf.core.trace.ITmfTrace;
/**
* Instance of this interface can be contributed using the
* <code>org.eclipse.tracecompass.tmf.ui.symbolProvider</code> extension and is
* used to create instances of {@link ISymbolProvider}
*
* @author Robert Kiss
*
* @since 2.0
*/
public interface ISymbolProviderFactory {
/**
* Create a provider for the given trace. If this factory does not know how
* to handle the given trace it will return null;
*
* @param trace
* A non-null trace
* @return A newly created provider that can resolve symbols from the given
* trace or null if no such provider can be created by this factory
*/
@Nullable ISymbolProvider createProvider(@NonNull ITmfTrace trace);
}