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11 package org.eclipse.core.filebuffers;
12
13 /**
14  * A file buffer manager (see
15  * {@link org.eclipse.core.filebuffers.IFileBufferManager}uses a
16  * <code>ISynchronizationContext</code> in order to execute commands
17  * encapsulated as {@link java.lang.Runnable}. The synchronization context
18  * executes the <code>Runnables</code> according to a specific
19  * synchronization/execution policy. This could be that the given
20  * <code>Runnable</code> is executed in a specific thread or environment or
21  * adhere to specific timing constraints. The concrete characteristics of the
22  * policy is to be specified by the context implementer.
23  * <p>
24  * This interface can be implemented by clients. Clients use
25  * {@link org.eclipse.core.filebuffers.IFileBufferManager#setSynchronizationContext(ISynchronizationContext)}
26  * to install a particular synchronization context with a file buffer manager.
27  *
28  * @since 3.0
29  */

30 public interface ISynchronizationContext {
31
32     /**
33      * Executes the given runnable according to the specified
34      * synchronization/execution policy.
35      *
36      *
37      * @param runnable the runnable to be executed
38      */

39     void run(Runnable JavaDoc runnable);
40 }
41
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