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+/*******************************************************************************
+ * Copyright (c) 2000, 2008 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.internal.ui.compare;
+
+import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Composite;
+
+import org.eclipse.jface.viewers.Viewer;
+
+import org.eclipse.compare.CompareConfiguration;
+import org.eclipse.compare.IViewerCreator;
+
+/**
+ * A factory object for the {@link org.eclipse.jdt.internal.ui.compare.PropertiesFileMergeViewer}.
+ * This indirection is necessary because only objects with a default
+ * constructor can be created via an extension point
+ * (this precludes Viewers).
+ *
+ * @since 3.1
+ */
+public class PropertiesFileMergeViewerCreator implements IViewerCreator {
+
+ public Viewer createViewer(Composite parent, CompareConfiguration mp) {
+ return new PropertiesFileMergeViewer(parent, mp);
+ }
+}