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+/*******************************************************************************
+ * Copyright (c) 2009,2010 QNX Software Systems
+ * 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
+ * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
+ *
+ * Contributors:
+ *    QNX Software Systems (Alena Laskavaia)  - initial API and implementation
+ *******************************************************************************/
+package org.eclipse.cdt.codan.core.param;
+
+/**
+ * Value of the problem preference. If more than one it can be composite, i.e.
+ * map.Extend {@link AbstractProblemPreference} class
+ * to implement this interface.
+ * 
+ * @noextend This interface is not intended to be extended by clients.
+ * @noimplement This interface is not intended to be implemented by clients.
+ */
+public interface IProblemPreferenceValue extends Cloneable {
+	/**
+	 * Get value of preference.
+	 * 
+	 * @return object that represents the value. Limited number of object types
+	 *         are allowed.
+	 * @see IProblemPreferenceDescriptor.PreferenceType
+	 */
+	Object getValue();
+
+	/**
+	 * Set value of preference represented by this object.
+	 * 
+	 * @param value
+	 */
+	void setValue(Object value);
+
+	/**
+	 * Export value in string representation required for storing in eclipse
+	 * preferences.
+	 * 
+	 * @return string representation of the value
+	 */
+	String exportValue();
+
+	/**
+	 * Import value from string into internal object state.
+	 * 
+	 * @param str
+	 *        - string from preferences, previously exported by exportValue
+	 *        method.
+	 */
+	void importValue(String str);
+}