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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.reconciler;
+
+
+import org.eclipse.core.runtime.IProgressMonitor;
+
+ 
+/**
+ * Extension interface for <code>IReconcilingStrategy</code>.
+ * The new functions are:
+ * <ul>
+ * <li> usage of a progress monitor
+ * <li> initial reconciling step: If a reconciler runs as periodic activity in the background, this
+ * 		methods offers the reconciler a chance for initializing its startegies and achieving a 
+ * 		reconciled state before the periodic activity starts.
+ * </ul>
+ * 
+ * @since 2.0
+ */
+public interface IReconcilingStrategyExtension {
+
+	/**
+	 * Tells this reconciling strategy with which progress monitor
+	 * it will work. This method will be called before any other 
+	 * method and can be called multiple times.
+	 *
+	 * @param monitor the progress monitor with which this strategy will work
+	 */
+	void setProgressMonitor(IProgressMonitor monitor);
+	
+	/**
+	 * Called only once in the life time of this reconciling strategy.
+	 */
+	void initialReconcile();
+}