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package org.apache.taverna.workbench.ui.views.contextualviews.activity;
import java.util.List;
/**
* A registry for discovering ActivityViewFactories for a given object,
* like an {@link org.apache.taverna.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);
}