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The Datatable autocomplete project provides a Trie datastructure that allows AJAX searches on large datasets fast. It is not memory efficient but it is fast especially to know how many results a given prefix matches. Provides a Datatable component when tied to a textfield will show the matched objects in a table format.

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package org.wicketstuff.datatable_autocomplete.provider;


import org.apache.wicket.IClusterable;
import org.wicketstuff.datatable_autocomplete.trie.Trie;


/**
 * @author mocleiri
 * 
 *         A mechanism to supply a Trie from either a static or non-serializable context.
 * 
 *         Serializing the Trie imposes a big performance penalty and needs to be avoided. Using
 *         this interface is a good way to do so.
 * 
 */
public interface ITrieProvider extends IClusterable
{

	/**
	 * 
	 * @return a Trie instance.
	 */
	public Trie provideTrie();

}