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 *  Copyright 2008 Anuradha.
 * 
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package org.netbeans.cubeon.tasks.spi.repository;

import org.netbeans.cubeon.tasks.spi.task.*;
import java.util.List;

/**
 *Implementaion of this interface will let the repository to provide proiorties
 * E.g. X repository has the following priority types.
 * And register it via Repository Lookup by using interface
 * 1. P1
 * 2. P2
 * 3. P3
 * 4. P4
 * 5. P5
 * @author Anuradha G
 */
public interface TaskPriorityProvider {

    /**
     * Returns a list of task priorities for the current repository
     * @return list of task priorities
     */
    List<TaskPriority> getTaskPriorities();


    /**
     * Returns the current priority of a TaskElement
     * @param element TaskElement instance
     * @return TaksPriority of the TaskElement
     */
    TaskPriority getTaskPriority(TaskElement element);


}
