diff -r 07b41fa8d1dd -r ca8a1b6995f6 tracefw/tracecompiler/src/com.nokia.tracecompiler/src/com/nokia/tracecompiler/model/TraceModelPersistentExtension.java
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+++ b/tracefw/tracecompiler/src/com.nokia.tracecompiler/src/com/nokia/tracecompiler/model/TraceModelPersistentExtension.java	Tue Aug 31 16:45:49 2010 +0300
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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:
+*
+* Interface implemented by trace model extensions that need to store themselves 
+* into persistent storage along with other model elements
+*
+*/
+package com.nokia.tracecompiler.model;
+
+/**
+ * Interface implemented by trace model extensions that need to store themselves
+ * into persistent storage along with other model elements. The storage format
+ * is left to the implementation. When loading, the trace provider calls
+ * TraceObjectFactory.createExtension with the storage name. The object factory
+ * returns an instance of this interface and the provider calls setData to
+ * initialize this.
+ * 
+ */
+public interface TraceModelPersistentExtension extends TraceModelExtension {
+
+	/**
+	 * Gets the name used when storing this extension
+	 * 
+	 * @return the storage name
+	 */
+	public String getStorageName();
+
+	/**
+	 * Gets the data of this extension
+	 * 
+	 * @return the extension data
+	 */
+	public String getData();
+
+	/**
+	 * Sets the data of this extension
+	 * 
+	 * @param data
+	 *            the data
+	 * @return true if extension should be added to model, false if not
+	 */
+	public boolean setData(String data);
+
+}