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 * Copyright (C) 2015 The Android Open Source Project
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 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except
 * in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
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package android.support.v17.leanback.widget;

/**
 * This is the query interface to supply optional features(aka facets) on an object without the need
 * of letting the object to subclass or implement java interfaces.
 */
public interface FacetProvider {

    /**
     * Queries optional implemented facet.
     * @param facetClass  Facet classes to query,  examples are: class of
     *                    {@link ItemAlignmentFacet}.
     * @return Facet implementation for the facetClass or null if feature not implemented.
     */
    public Object getFacet(Class<?> facetClass);

}