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+/*****************************************************************************
+ * Copyright (c) 2010 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:
+ *  Camille Letavernier (CEA LIST) camille.letavernier@cea.fr - Initial API and implementation
+ *****************************************************************************/
+package org.eclipse.papyrus.properties.generation.layout;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.eclipse.papyrus.properties.contexts.Section;
+import org.eclipse.papyrus.properties.contexts.View;
+import org.eclipse.papyrus.properties.ui.PropertyEditor;
+
+/**
+ * An interface for defining Layout generators.
+ * Layout generators are responsible for building a List of sections from a list
+ * of Property editors.
+ * 
+ * @author Camille Letavernier
+ */
+public interface ILayoutGenerator {
+
+	/**
+	 * Return a list of Sections from a list of property editors.
+	 * Each section should be placed in the parent's resourceSet
+	 * 
+	 * @param editors
+	 *        The list of editors to layout
+	 * @param parent
+	 *        The view owning the resulting list of sections
+	 * @return
+	 *         The list of sections owning the input editors
+	 */
+	public List<Section> layoutElements(List<PropertyEditor> editors, View parent);
+
+	/**
+	 * @return the name of the Layout generator
+	 */
+	public String getName();
+}