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 *     IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
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package org.eclipse.core.runtime.spi;

import org.eclipse.core.runtime.IExtensionRegistry;

/**
 * Implement this interface to specify a contributed extension registry.
 * <p>
 * This interface can be used without OSGi running.
 * </p><p>
 * This interface may be implemented by clients.
 * </p>
 * @see org.eclipse.core.runtime.RegistryFactory#getRegistry()
 * @see org.eclipse.core.runtime.RegistryFactory#setDefaultRegistryProvider(IRegistryProvider)
 * @since org.eclipse.equinox.registry 3.2
 */
public interface IRegistryProvider {

	/**
	 * Returns the extension registry contributed by this provider; must not
	 * be <code>null</code>.
	 *
	 * @return an extension registry
	 */
	public IExtensionRegistry getRegistry();
}