enterprise/payara.common/src/org/netbeans/modules/payara/spi/RecognizerCookie.java

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package org.netbeans.modules.payara.spi;

import java.util.Collection;

/**
 * Addon modules should implement this interface to be able to process server
 * output in the log window.  Useful for turning stack traces into file links.
 *
 * @author Peter Williams
 */
public interface RecognizerCookie {

    /**
     * Called whenever the output window log readers are being configured.
     *
     * @return Collection of recognizer objects or empty collection if none
     *   available.
     */
    public Collection<? extends Recognizer> getRecognizers();
    
}