profiler/profiler.snaptracer/src/org/netbeans/modules/profiler/snaptracer/TracerPackageProvider.java

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package org.netbeans.modules.profiler.snaptracer;

import org.netbeans.modules.profiler.snaptracer.impl.IdeSnapshot;


/**
 * Provider of TracerPackage(s) for a DataSource type.
 *
 * @author Jiri Sedlacek
 */
public abstract class TracerPackageProvider {

    private final Class scope;


    /**
     * Creates new instance of TracerPackageProvider with defined scope.
     *
     * @param scope scope of the provider
     */
    public TracerPackageProvider(Class scope) { this.scope = scope; }


    /**
     * Returns scope of the provider.
     *
     * @return scope of the provider
     */
    public final Class getScope() { return scope; }
    

    /**
     * Returns TracerPackages for the provided target.
     *
     * @return TracerPackages for the provided target
     */
    public abstract TracerPackage[] getPackages(IdeSnapshot snapshot);

}