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 * Copyright (c) 2006, 2008 IBM Corporation and others.
 * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
 * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
 * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
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 *
 * Contributors:
 *     IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
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package org.eclipse.jface.text.contentassist;

import org.eclipse.core.runtime.IProgressMonitor;

/**
 * Extends {@link org.eclipse.jface.text.contentassist.ICompletionProposal} with the following
 * function:
 * 
 * Allow background computation of the additional info.
 * 
 *
 * @since 3.2
 */
public interface ICompletionProposalExtension5 {
	/**
	 * Returns additional information about the proposal. The additional information will be
	 * presented to assist the user in deciding if the selected proposal is the desired choice.
	 * 
	 * This method may be called on a non-UI thread.
	 * 
	 * 
	 * By default, the returned information is converted to a string and displayed as text; if
	 * {@link ICompletionProposalExtension3#getInformationControlCreator()} is implemented, the
	 * information will be passed to a custom information control for display.
	 * 
	 *
	 * @param monitor a monitor to report progress and to watch for
	 *        {@link IProgressMonitor#isCanceled() cancelation}.
	 * @return the additional information, null for no information
	 */
	Object getAdditionalProposalInfo(IProgressMonitor monitor);
}