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+/*******************************************************************************
+ * Copyright (c) 2000, 2003 IBM Corporation 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 API and implementation
+ *******************************************************************************/
+package org.eclipse.ui.texteditor;
+
+
+
+import org.eclipse.jface.text.IDocument;
+import org.eclipse.jface.text.Position;
+
+import org.eclipse.core.resources.IMarker;
+
+
+/**
+ * A marker updater is responsible for saving changes to markers.
+ * Marker updaters either update markers of a specific types or 
+ * any type. Also they either assume update responsibility for a 
+ * specific set of marker attributes or any marker attribute.
+ * Marker updater must be registered with an <code>AbstractMarkerAnnotationModel</code>.
+ */
+public interface IMarkerUpdater {
+	
+	/**
+	 * Returns the marker type for which this updater is responsible. If
+	 * the result is <code>null</code>, the updater assumes responsibility
+	 * for any marker type.
+	 * 
+	 * @return the marker type or <code>null</code> for any marker type
+	 */
+	String getMarkerType();
+	
+	/**
+	 * Returns the attributes for which this updater is responsible. If the
+	 * result is <code>null</code>, the updater assumes responsibility for
+	 * any attributes.
+	 *
+	 * @return the attributes or <code>null</code> for any attribute
+	 */
+	String[] getAttribute();
+	
+	/**
+	 * Updates the given marker according to the position of the given document.
+	 * If the given position is <code>null</code>, the marker is assumed to
+	 * carry the correct positional information.
+	 *
+	 * @param marker the marker to be updated
+	 * @param document the document into which the given position points
+	 * @param position the current position of the marker inside the given document
+	 * @return  <code>false</code> if the updater recognizes that the marker should be deleted
+	 */
+	boolean updateMarker(IMarker marker, IDocument document, Position position);
+}