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+/*
+* Copyright (c) 2007 Nokia Corporation and/or its subsidiary(-ies). 
+* All rights reserved.
+* This component and the accompanying materials are made available
+* under the terms of "Eclipse Public License v1.0"
+* which accompanies this distribution, and is available
+* at the URL "http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html".
+*
+* Initial Contributors:
+* Nokia Corporation - initial contribution.
+*
+* Contributors:
+*
+* Description:
+*
+* Rule which can be used to create copies of new traces
+*
+*/
+package com.nokia.tracecompiler.engine.utils;
+
+import java.util.Iterator;
+
+import com.nokia.tracecompiler.model.Trace;
+import com.nokia.tracecompiler.model.TraceObjectRule;
+
+/**
+ * Rule which can be used to create copies of new traces
+ * 
+ */
+public interface TraceMultiplierRule extends TraceObjectRule {
+
+	/**
+	 * Gets copies of the given trace which is about to be inserted into given
+	 * context. The new trace is added first and the the copies will be inserted
+	 * after it in the order they are received from the iterator.
+	 * 
+	 * @param trace
+	 *            the new trace
+	 * @return a list of copies
+	 */
+	public Iterator<Trace> createCopies(Trace trace);
+
+}