org.eclipse.emf.ecp.editor/src/org/eclipse/emf/ecp/editor/StatusMessageProvider.java

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package org.eclipse.emf.ecp.editor;

import org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EObject;

/**
 * Provides a message for the statusbar of the meeditor.
 * 
 * @author helming
 */
public interface StatusMessageProvider {
	/**
	 * If a status message provider can return a message for a certain element.
	 * 
	 * @param modelelement the modelelement
	 * @return the priority
	 */
	int canRender(EObject modelelement);

	/**
	 * Return the status message for a certain EObject.
	 * 
	 * @param modelelement the modelelement
	 * @return the status message
	 */
	String getMessage(EObject modelelement);
}