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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.ui.dialogs;
+
+import org.eclipse.jface.resource.ImageDescriptor;
+
+/**
+ * A special image descriptor provider for {@link ITypeInfoRequestor}.
+ * <p>
+ * The interface should be implemented by clients wishing to provide special
+ * images inside the type selection dialog.
+ * </p>
+ *
+ * @since 3.2
+ */
+public interface ITypeInfoImageProvider {
+
+ /**
+ * Returns the image descriptor for the type represented by the
+ * given {@link ITypeInfoRequestor}.
+ * <p>
+ * Note, that this method may be called from non UI threads.
+ * </p>
+ *
+ * @param typeInfoRequestor the {@link ITypeInfoRequestor} to access
+ * information for the type under inspection
+ *
+ * @return the image descriptor or <code>null</code> to use the default
+ * image
+ */
+ public ImageDescriptor getImageDescriptor(ITypeInfoRequestor typeInfoRequestor);
+
+}