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+/*****************************************************************************
+ * Copyright (c) 2013 CEA LIST.
+ *
+ * 
+ * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
+ * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
+ * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
+ * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
+ *
+ * Contributors:
+ *  Laurent Wouters laurent.wouters@cea.fr - Initial API and implementation
+ *
+ *****************************************************************************/
+package org.eclipse.papyrus.infra.viewpoints.policy;
+
+import org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EClass;
+import org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EObject;
+import org.eclipse.papyrus.infra.viewpoints.configuration.PapyrusView;
+
+
+/**
+ * Represents a helper for the handling of view creation commands
+ * 
+ * @author Laurent Wouters
+ */
+public interface IViewTypeHelper {
+	/**
+	 * Determines whether the given type of view is supported by this helper
+	 * 
+	 * @return <code>true</code> if the type of view is supported by this helper
+	 */
+	boolean isSupported(EClass type);
+
+	/**
+	 * Determines whether the given object represents a view that is supported by this helper
+	 * 
+	 * @param view
+	 *            The object to enquire
+	 * @return <code>true</code> if the object represents a view supported by this helper
+	 */
+	boolean isSupported(EObject view);
+
+	/**
+	 * Gets the prototype for the given configuration element
+	 * 
+	 * @param configuration
+	 *            A view configuration element
+	 * @return The associated prototype
+	 */
+	ViewPrototype getPrototypeFor(PapyrusView configuration);
+
+	/**
+	 * Gets the prototype of the given view
+	 * 
+	 * @param view
+	 *            The view
+	 * @return The prototype of the given view
+	 */
+	ViewPrototype getPrototypeOf(EObject view);
+}