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 * Contributors:
 *     IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
 *******************************************************************************/
package org.eclipse.ui;

import org.eclipse.jface.preference.IPreferencePage;

/**
 * Interface for workbench preference pages.
 * <p>
 * Clients should implement this interface and include the name of their class
 * in an extension contributed to the workbench's preference extension point 
 * (named <code>"org.eclipse.ui.preferencePages").
 * For example, the plug-in's XML markup might contain:
 * <pre>
 * <extension point="org.eclipse.ui.preferencePages">
 *      <page id="com.example.myplugin.prefs"
 *         name="Knobs"
 *         class="com.example.myplugin.MyPreferencePage" />
 * </extension>
 * </pre>
 * </p>
 */
public interface IWorkbenchPreferencePage extends IPreferencePage {
    /**
     * Initializes this preference page for the given workbench.
     * <p>
     * This method is called automatically as the preference page is being created
     * and initialized. Clients must not call this method.
     * </p>
     *
     * @param workbench the workbench
     */
    void init(IWorkbench workbench);
}