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package org.eclipse.core.variables;

/**
 * Value variable initializers compute an initial value for a value
 * variable contributed by an extension, which is not defined with an initial
 * value. This provides a mechnism for programatically computing the initial
 * value of a value variable.
 * <p>
 * Clients may implement this interface.
 * </p>
 * @since 3.0
 */
public interface IValueVariableInitializer {
	/**
	 * Initializes the specified variable. 
	 * 
	 * @param variable variable to initialize
	 */
	public void initialize(IValueVariable variable);
}