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  package org.eclipse.wst.jsdt.ui.text;
  
  import org.eclipse.jface.text.source.ISharedTextColors;
  import org.eclipse.swt.graphics.Color;
  
  
  /**
   * Manages SWT color objects for the given color keys and
   * given <code>RGB</code> objects. Until the <code>dispose</code>
   * method is called, the same color object is returned for
   * equal keys and equal <code>RGB</code> values.
   * <p>
   * In order to provide backward compatibility for clients of <code>IColorManager</code>, extension
   * interfaces are used to provide a means of evolution. The following extension interfaces exist:
   * <ul>
   * <li>{@link org.eclipse.wst.jsdt.ui.text.IColorManagerExtension} since version 2.0 introducing
   * 		the ability to bind and un-bind colors.</li>
   * </ul>
   * </p>
   * <p>
   * This interface may be implemented by clients.
   * </p>
   *
   * Provisional API: This class/interface is part of an interim API that is still under development and expected to
   * change significantly before reaching stability. It is being made available at this early stage to solicit feedback
   * from pioneering adopters on the understanding that any code that uses this API will almost certainly be broken
   * (repeatedly) as the API evolves.
   *
   * @see org.eclipse.wst.jsdt.ui.text.IColorManagerExtension
   * @see org.eclipse.wst.jsdt.ui.text.IJavaScriptColorConstants
   *
   */
  public interface IColorManager extends ISharedTextColors {
  
  	/**
  	 * Returns a color object for the given key. The color objects
  	 * are remembered internally; the same color object is returned
  	 * for equal keys.
  	 *
  	 * @param key the color key
  	 * @return the color object for the given key
  	 */
  	Color getColor(String key);
  }
  