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11 package org.eclipse.compare;
12
13 import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Composite;
14
15 import org.eclipse.jface.viewers.Viewer;
16
17 /**
18  * A factory object for <code>Viewer</code>.
19  * <p>
20  * This interface is only required when creating a <code>Viewer</code> from a plugin.xml file.
21  * Since <code>Viewer</code>s have no default constructor they cannot be
22  * instantiated directly with <code>Class.forName</code>.
23  */
24 public interface IViewerCreator {
25
26     /**
27      * Creates a new viewer under the given SWT parent control.
28      *
29      * @param parent the SWT parent control under which to create the viewer's SWT control
30      * @param config a compare configuration the newly created viewer might want to use
31      * @return a new viewer
32      */
33     Viewer createViewer(Composite parent, CompareConfiguration config);
34 }
35
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