// $Id: PluggablePropertyPanel.java,v 1.6 2003/09/16 23:58:01 thierrylach Exp $
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package org.argouml.application.api;

import org.argouml.uml.ui.*;

/**  An interface which identifies an ArgoUML plug-in property panel.
 *   Plug-ins are replacements or additions to standard Argo classes.
 *   
 *   PluggablePropertyPanel should expect to be passed a
 *   {@link QuadrantPanel} as the first argument in the inContext call.
 *   The plugin can use getQuadrant to determine which panel is requesting
 *   plugins.
 * 
 *   @author Thierry Lach
 *   @since ARGO0.9.4
 */
public interface PluggablePropertyPanel extends Pluggable {

    /** Returns the Class that the panel handles.
     * @return the Class.
     */
    public Class getClassForPanel();

    /** Returns an instance of the property panel.
     * @return the PropPanel.
     */
    public PropPanel getPropertyPanel();

} /* End interface PluggablePropertyPanel */