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+/*******************************************************************************
+ * Copyright (c) 2000, 2005 IBM Corporation and others.
+ * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
+ * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
+ * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
+ * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
+ *
+ * Contributors:
+ * IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
+ *
+ *******************************************************************************/
+package org.eclipse.jdt.ui.text.java;
+
+import org.eclipse.core.runtime.CoreException;
+
+
+/**
+ * Interface to be implemented by contributors to the extension point
+ * <code>org.eclipse.jdt.ui.quickAssistProcessors</code>.
+ *
+ * @since 3.0
+ */
+public interface IQuickAssistProcessor {
+
+ /**
+ * Evaluates if quick assists can be created for the given context. This evaluation must be precise.
+ *
+ * @param context The invocation context
+ * @return Returns <code>true</code> if quick assists can be created
+ * @throws CoreException CoreException can be thrown if the operation fails
+ */
+ boolean hasAssists(IInvocationContext context) throws CoreException;
+
+ /**
+ * Collects quick assists for the given context.
+ *
+ * @param context Defines current compilation unit, position and a shared AST
+ * @param locations The locations of problems at the invocation offset. The processor can decide to only
+ * add assists when there are no errors at the selection offset.
+ * @return Returns the assists applicable at the location or <code>null</code> if no proposals
+ * can be offered.
+ * @throws CoreException CoreException can be thrown if the operation fails
+ */
+ IJavaCompletionProposal[] getAssists(IInvocationContext context, IProblemLocation[] locations) throws CoreException;
+
+}