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package org.openhab.core.thing.profiles;

import java.util.Collection;

import org.eclipse.jdt.annotation.NonNullByDefault;

/**
 * Describes a {@link StateProfile} type.
 *
 * @author Simon Kaufmann - Initial contribution
 * @author Stefan Triller - added getSupportedItemTypesOfChannel method
 */
@NonNullByDefault
public interface StateProfileType extends ProfileType {

    /**
     * Get a collection of ItemType names that a Channel needs to support in order to able to use this ProfileType
     *
     * @return a collection of supported ItemType names (an empty list means ALL types are supported)
     */
    Collection<String> getSupportedItemTypesOfChannel();
}
