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package org.eclipse.ltk.core.refactoring.participants;

/**
 * A participant to participate in refactorings that create elements. A create
 * participant can't assume that its associated processor is of a specific type.
 * A create could be triggered as a side effect of another refactoring.
 * <p>
 * Create participants are registered via the extension point <code>
 * org.eclipse.ltk.core.refactoring.createParticipants</code>. Extensions to
 * this extension point must therefore extend this abstract class.
 * </p>
 * 
 * @since 3.0
 */
public abstract class CreateParticipant extends RefactoringParticipant {
	
	private CreateArguments fArguments;

	/**
	 * {@inheritDoc}
	 */
	protected final void initialize(RefactoringArguments arguments) {
		fArguments= (CreateArguments)arguments;
	}
	
	/**
	 * Returns the create arguments.
	 * 
	 * @return the create arguments
	 */
	public CreateArguments getArguments() {
		return fArguments;
	}
}
