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package org.eclipse.ui;


import org.eclipse.jface.viewers.ISelection;

/**
 * Interface for listening to selection changes.
 * <p>
 * This interface may be implemented by clients.
 * </p>
 *
 * @see ISelectionService#addSelectionListener
 * @see org.eclipse.ui.INullSelectionListener
 */
public interface ISelectionListener {
	/**
	 * Notifies this listener that the selection has changed.
	 * <p>
	 * This method is called when the selection changes from one to a 
	 * <code>non-null</code> value, but not when the selection changes to 
	 * <code>null</code>. If there is a requirement to be notified in the latter 
	 * scenario, implement <code>INullSelectionListener</code>. The event will
	 * be posted through this method.
	 * </p>
	 *
	 * @param part the workbench part containing the selection
	 * @param selection the current selection. This may be <code>null</code> 
	 * 		if <code>INullSelectionListener</code> is implemented.
	 */
	public void selectionChanged(IWorkbenchPart part, ISelection selection);
}
