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package org.eclipse.jface.text;


/**
 * Tagging interface to be implemented by
 * {@link org.eclipse.jface.text.IDocument} implementers that offer a line
 * repair method on the documents.
 * <p>
 * In order to provide backward compatibility for clients of
 * <code>IRepairableDocument</code>, extension interfaces are used to provide
 * a means of evolution. The following extension interfaces exist:
 * <ul>
 * <li> {@link org.eclipse.jface.text.IRepairableDocumentExtension} since version 3.4
 *      adds the ability to query whether the repairable document needs to be repaired.</li>
 * </ul>
 *
 *
 * @see org.eclipse.jface.text.IDocument
 * @see org.eclipse.jface.text.IRepairableDocumentExtension
 * @since 3.0
 */
public interface IRepairableDocument {

	/**
	 * Repairs the line information of the document implementing this interface.
	 */
	void repairLineInformation();
}