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package com.intellij.facet;

import com.intellij.openapi.util.JDOMExternalizable;
import com.intellij.openapi.util.InvalidDataException;
import com.intellij.openapi.util.WriteExternalException;
import com.intellij.facet.ui.FacetEditorTab;
import com.intellij.facet.ui.FacetEditorContext;
import com.intellij.facet.ui.FacetValidatorsManager;
import org.jdom.Element;

/**
 * Implementations of this interface contain settings of a specific facet.
 *
 * <p>
 * Implement {@link com.intellij.openapi.components.PersistentStateComponent} instead of {@link com.intellij.openapi.util.JDOMExternalizable}
 * in your implementation of {@link com.intellij.facet.FacetConfiguration}
 *
 * @author nik
 */
public interface FacetConfiguration extends JDOMExternalizable {

  /**
   * Creates editor which will be used to edit this facet configuration
   * @param editorContext context
   * @param validatorsManager validatorsManager
   * @return
   */
  FacetEditorTab[] createEditorTabs(final FacetEditorContext editorContext, final FacetValidatorsManager validatorsManager);

  /**
   * @deprecated implement {@link com.intellij.openapi.components.PersistentStateComponent#loadState(Object)} instead
   */
  @Override
  @Deprecated
  void readExternal(final Element element) throws InvalidDataException;

  /**
   * @deprecated implement {@link com.intellij.openapi.components.PersistentStateComponent#getState()} instead
   */
  @Override
  @Deprecated
  void writeExternal(final Element element) throws WriteExternalException;
}
