diff -r 07b41fa8d1dd -r ca8a1b6995f6 tracefw/tracecompiler/src/com.nokia.tracecompiler/src/com/nokia/tracecompiler/project/TraceProjectAPI.java
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+++ b/tracefw/tracecompiler/src/com.nokia.tracecompiler/src/com/nokia/tracecompiler/project/TraceProjectAPI.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 to the properties of the trace API used by the currently open trace project
+*
+*/
+package com.nokia.tracecompiler.project;
+
+import com.nokia.tracecompiler.model.Trace;
+import com.nokia.tracecompiler.model.TraceModelExtension;
+
+/**
+ * Interface to the properties of the trace API used by the currently open trace
+ * project
+ * 
+ */
+public interface TraceProjectAPI extends TraceModelExtension {
+
+	/**
+	 * Formatting flags for formatTraceForExport
+	 */
+	public class TraceFormatFlags {
+
+		/**
+		 * Formatting characters supported flag
+		 */
+		public boolean isFormattingSupported;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Gets the name of this API
+	 * 
+	 * @return the name
+	 */
+	public String getName();
+
+	/**
+	 * Formats a trace for into a string suitable for export
+	 * 
+	 * @param trace
+	 *            the trace to be formatted
+	 * @param flags
+	 *            the formatting flags
+	 * @return the formatted text
+	 */
+	public String formatTraceForExport(Trace trace, TraceFormatFlags flags);
+
+}