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package com.google.gerrit.server.change;

import com.google.gerrit.extensions.common.PluginDefinedInfo;
import com.google.gerrit.server.DynamicOptions.BeanProvider;
import com.google.gerrit.server.query.change.ChangeData;

/**
 * Interface for plugins to provide additional fields in {@link
 * com.google.gerrit.extensions.common.ChangeInfo ChangeInfo}.
 *
 * Register a {@code ChangeAttributeFactory} in a plugin {@code Module} like this:
 *
 * 
 * DynamicSet.bind(binder(), ChangeAttributeFactory.class).to(YourClass.class);
 * 
 *
 * See the plugin
 * developer documentation for more details and examples.
 */
public interface ChangeAttributeFactory {

  /**
   * Create a plugin-provided info field.
   *
   * Typically, implementations will subclass {@code PluginDefinedInfo} to add additional fields.
   *
   * @param cd change.
   * @param beanProvider provider of {@code DynamicBean}s, which may be used for reading options.
   * @param plugin plugin name.
   * @return the plugin's special change info.
   */
  PluginDefinedInfo create(ChangeData cd, BeanProvider beanProvider, String plugin);
}