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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:
+*
+*/
+
+package com.nokia.s60tools.creator.components;
+
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Vector;
+
+/**
+ * Interface to implement some component related functions
+ */
+public interface IComponentServices {
+
+	/**
+	 * If that component is referenced by any other component
+	 * @param component
+	 * @return true if any other component references to this component
+	 */
+	public abstract boolean isReferencedByAnotherComponent(
+			AbstractComponent component);
+
+	/**
+	 * @return all components
+	 */
+	public Map<String, Vector<AbstractComponent>> getComponents();
+
+	/**
+	 * Get Component by type and component String
+	 * @param componentToString
+	 * @return a Component or null if not found
+	 */
+	public AbstractComponent getComponentByComponentString(
+			String componentToString);
+
+	/**
+	 * Get Components of selected type
+	 * @param compoentType, component type as it is in {@link AbstractComponent} subclasses. Use
+	 * <code>AbstractComponent.getType()</code> to get component id.
+	 * @return a component, null if not exist
+	 */
+	public Vector<AbstractComponent> getComponents(String type);
+
+}
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