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  package org.eclipse.wst.jsdt.ui.dialogs;
  
  import org.eclipse.jface.resource.ImageDescriptor;
  
  /**
   * A special image descriptor provider for {@link ITypeInfoRequestor}.
   * <p>
   * The interface should be implemented by clients wishing to provide special
   * images inside the type selection dialog.
   * </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.
   */
  public interface ITypeInfoImageProvider {
  
  	/**
  	 * Returns the image descriptor for the type represented by the 
  	 * given {@link ITypeInfoRequestor}.
  	 * <p>
  	 * Note, that this method may be called from non UI threads.
  	 * </p>
  	 * 
  	 * @param typeInfoRequestor the {@link ITypeInfoRequestor} to access
  	 *  information for the type under inspection
  	 * 
  	 * @return the image descriptor or <code>null</code> to use the default
  	 *  image
  	 */
  	public ImageDescriptor getImageDescriptor(ITypeInfoRequestor typeInfoRequestor);
  	
  }
  