diff -r 07b41fa8d1dd -r ca8a1b6995f6 tracefw/tracecompiler/src/com.nokia.tracecompiler/src/com/nokia/tracecompiler/plugin/TraceAPIFormatter.java
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+++ b/tracefw/tracecompiler/src/com.nokia.tracecompiler/src/com/nokia/tracecompiler/plugin/TraceAPIFormatter.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:
+*
+* Trace API formatter plug-in
+*
+*/
+package com.nokia.tracecompiler.plugin;
+
+/**
+ * Trace API formatter plug-in
+ * 
+ */
+public interface TraceAPIFormatter {
+
+	/**
+	 * Formatting types for traces
+	 */
+	public enum TraceFormatType {
+
+		/**
+		 * Format for extension function header
+		 */
+		HEADER,
+
+		/**
+		 * Format for trace buffer function. Added to extension function
+		 * definition if trace contains more data than is supported by the API
+		 */
+		TRACE_BUFFER,
+
+		/**
+		 * Format for trace function if the extension function parameters can be
+		 * packed into normal trace API call. For example, if the extension
+		 * function takes 4 8-bit arguments, they are packed into a single
+		 * 32-bit parameter
+		 */
+		TRACE_PACKED,
+
+		/**
+		 * Format for trace activation check function. Added to extension
+		 * function definition
+		 */
+		TRACE_ACTIVATION,
+
+		/**
+		 * Empty declaration for an extension function header
+		 */
+		EMPTY_MACRO
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Gets the name of this formatter
+	 * 
+	 * @return the name
+	 */
+	public String getName();
+
+	/**
+	 * Gets the title shown in the API selection preferences dialog
+	 * 
+	 * @return the title
+	 */
+	public String getTitle();
+
+	/**
+	 * Gets the trace format based on format type
+	 * 
+	 * @param type
+	 *            the format type
+	 * @return the trace format
+	 */
+	public String getTraceFormat(TraceFormatType type);
+
+}