core/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/jci2/problems/CompilationProblemHandler.java

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package org.apache.commons.jci2.problems;


/**
 * A CompilationProblemHandler gets access to a problem
 * as soon as the problem is available while the
 * CompilationResult only represents a summary at the
 * end.
 * The handler can be used to asynchronously update a
 * GUI or stop compilation by returning false (e.g.
 * when a maximum number of erros has been reached)
 * 
 * NOTE:
 * has to be supported by the compiler implementation!!
 * 
 * @author tcurdt
 */
public interface CompilationProblemHandler {

    boolean handle( final CompilationProblem pProblem );

}