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Utilities for visualization changes on models

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package tools.vitruv.change.testutils.changevisualization.tree.decoder.echange;

import tools.vitruv.change.atomic.EChange;

/**
 * Interface to implement for ChangeDecoders that want to realize a eChange individual text to display in the tree
 * 
 * @author Andreas Loeffler
 */
public interface ChangeDecoder {

	/**
	 * Creates a simple and short text suitable for display in a JLabel.
	 *  
	 * @param eChange The eChange whose Information should be decoded
	 * @return The simple Info text, can be null (=ignore)
	 */
	String decode(EChange eChange);

	/**
	 * Returns the name of the eClass decoded by this decoder
	 * @return The name of the eCLass that can be decoded
	 */
	String getDecodedEClassName();
	
}