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package docking.widgets.table.constraint;

import java.util.Collection;

import ghidra.util.classfinder.ExtensionPoint;

/**
 * Extension point for introducing ColumnConstraints to the system.  File names must end 
 * with 'ColumnConstraintProvider' in order to be found.
 */
public interface ColumnConstraintProvider extends ExtensionPoint {

	/**
	 * Returns a collection of ColumnConstraints that will be used by the table column filtering
	 * feature to filter tables based on column values.
	 * @return a collection of ColumnConstraints to be added as possible column filters.
	 */
	public Collection<ColumnConstraint<?>> getColumnConstraints();

}
