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+package org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core.cdi.model;
+
+public interface ICDITargetConfiguration2 extends ICDITargetConfiguration {
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns whether this target supports thread control, namely whether it
+	 * supports suspending/resuming threads individually.
+	 * 
+	 * @return  whether this target supports thread control, namely whether it
+	 * supports suspending/resuming threads individually.
+	 */
+	boolean supportsThreadControl();
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns whether this target supports passive variable updating. If so
+	 * targets will not be actively sending variable value change notification
+	 * when a thread is suspended but will wait until they are asked to
+	 * redisplay the value. Passive variable updating lets a CDI plugin avoid
+	 * maintaining its own variable cache and having to keep it in sync with
+	 * CDT's. Targets that support this feature will need to be able to detect
+	 * when a variable value has changed and fire a changedEvent in its
+	 * implementation of ICDIValue.getValueString().
+	 * 
+	 * @return whether this target supports passive variable updating.
+	 */
+	boolean supportsPassiveVariableUpdate();
+	
+	/**
+	 * Returns whether this target supports runtime type indentification.
+	 * If so this means the type of a variable may change when its value changes.
+	 * 
+	 * @return  whether this target supports runtime type indentification.
+	 * If so this means the type of a variable may change when its value changes.
+	 */
+	boolean supportsRuntimeTypeIdentification();
+
+}