taverna-workbench-contextual-views-api/src/main/java/net/sf/taverna/t2/workbench/ui/views/contextualviews/activity/ContextualViewFactoryRegistry.java

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package net.sf.taverna.t2.workbench.ui.views.contextualviews.activity;

import java.util.List;

/**
 * A registry for discovering ActivityViewFactories for a given object,
 * like an {@link net.sf.taverna.t2.workflowmodel.processor.activity.Activity}.
 *
 * @author David Withers
 */
public interface ContextualViewFactoryRegistry {
	/**
	 * Discover and return the ContextualViewFactory associated to the provided
	 * object. This is accomplished by returning the discovered
	 * {@link ContextualViewFactory#canHandle(Object)} that returns true for
	 * that Object.
	 *
	 * @param object
	 * @return
	 * @see ContextualViewFactory#canHandle(Object)
	 */
	public <T> List<ContextualViewFactory<? super T>> getViewFactoriesForObject(T object);
}