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+/**********************************************************************
+Copyright (c) 2000, 2002 IBM Corp. and others.
+All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
+are made available under the terms of the Common Public License v1.0
+which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
+http://www.eclipse.org/legal/cpl-v10.html
+
+Contributors:
+    IBM Corporation - Initial implementation
+**********************************************************************/
+
+package org.eclipse.jface.text;
+ 
+/**
+ * Extension interface for <code>IDocumentAdapter</code>. Introduces the concepts of 
+ * batching a series of document changes into one styled text content change. Batching start
+ * when a client calls <code>stopForwardingDocumentChanges</code>. After that call this document
+ * adapter does not send out any styled text content change until 
+ * <code>resumeForwardingDocumentChanges</code> is called. Then, it sends out one styled text
+ * content change that covers all changes that have been applied to the document since calling
+ * <code>stopForwardingDocumentChanges</code>.
+ * 
+ * @since 2.0 
+ */
+public interface IDocumentAdapterExtension {
+	
+	/**
+	 * Stops forwarding document changes to the styled text.
+	 */
+	void stopForwardingDocumentChanges();
+	
+	/**
+	 * Resumes forwarding document changes to the styled text.
+	 * Also forces the styled text to catch up with all the changes
+	 * that have been applied since <code>stopTranslatingDocumentChanges</code>
+	 * has been called.
+	 */
+	void resumeForwardingDocumentChanges();
+}