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package org.openide.cookies;

import org.openide.nodes.Node;

/** Cookie for node groups which can somehow be filtered.
 * This would be applied to a subclass of {@link org.openide.nodes.Children Children}.
* @deprecated Use Looks instead.
* @author Jaroslav Tulach, Jan Jancura, Dafe Simonek
*/
public interface FilterCookie extends Node.Cookie {

    /** Get the declared filter (super-)class.
     * @return the class, or may be null if no filter is currently in use
    */
    public Class getFilterClass ();

    /** Get the current filter.
     * @return the filter, or null if none is currently in use
    */
    public Object getFilter ();

    /** Set the current filter.
    * @param filter the filter, or null if none should be used
    */
    public void setFilter (Object filter);

}