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 * Contributors:
 *     IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
 *     John Cortell, Freescale - bug 289409
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package org.eclipse.jface.viewers;

/**
 * The ILazyTreeContentProvider is the content provider for tree viewers created
 * using the SWT.VIRTUAL flag that only wish to return their contents as they
 * are queried.
 *
 * @since 3.2
 */
public interface ILazyTreeContentProvider extends IContentProvider {
    /**
     * Called when a previously-blank item becomes visible in the TreeViewer. If
     * the content provider knows the child element for the given parent at this
     * index, it should respond by calling
     * {@link TreeViewer#replace(Object, int, Object)}. The content provider
     * should also update the child count for any replaced element by calling
     * {@link TreeViewer#setChildCount(Object, int)}. If the given current child
     * count is already correct, setChildCount does not have to be called since
     * a call to replace will not change the child count. If the content
     * provider doesn't know the child count at this point, and can more
     * efficiently determine if the element has <i>any</i> children, then it can
     * instead call {@link TreeViewer#setHasChildren(Object, boolean)}.
     *
     * <p>
     * <strong>NOTE</strong> #updateElement(int index) can be used to determine
     * selection values. If TableViewer#replace(Object, int) is not called
     * before returning from this method, selections may have missing or stale
     * elements. In this situation it is suggested that the selection is asked
     * for again after replace() has been called.
     *
     * @param parent
     *            The parent of the element, or the viewer's input if the
     *            element to update is a root element
     * @param index
     *            The index of the element to update in the tree
     */
    public void updateElement(Object parent, int index);

    /**
     * Called when the TreeViewer needs an up-to-date child count for the given
     * element, for example from {@link TreeViewer#refresh()} and
     * {@link TreeViewer#setInput(Object)}. If the content provider knows the
     * given element, it should respond by calling
     * {@link TreeViewer#setChildCount(Object, int)}. If the given current
     * child count is already correct, no action has to be taken by this content
     * provider.
     *
     * @param element
     *            The element for which an up-to-date child count is needed, or
     *            the viewer's input if the number of root elements is requested
     * @param currentChildCount
     *            The current child count for the element that needs updating
     */
    public void updateChildCount(Object element, int currentChildCount);

    /**
     * Returns the parent for the given element, or <code>null</code>
     * indicating that the parent can't be computed.
     * In this case the tree-structured viewer can't expand
     * a given node correctly if requested.
     *
     * @param element the element
     * @return the parent element, or <code>null</code> if it
     *   has none or if the parent cannot be computed
     */
    public Object getParent(Object element);
}