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+/*
+ * Copyright 2010 ETH Zuerich, CISD
+ *
+ * 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
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package ch.systemsx.cisd.openbis.generic.client.web.server.resultset;
+
+import com.google.gwt.user.client.rpc.IsSerializable;
+
+import ch.systemsx.cisd.openbis.generic.shared.ICommonServer;
+
+/**
+ * Superclass of {@link ITableModelProvider} which creates the table model
+ * lazily by using {@link ICommonServer}.
+ *
+ * @author Franz-Josef Elmer
+ */
+public abstract class AbstractCommonTableModelProvider<T extends IsSerializable> extends
+        AbstractTableModelProvider<T>
+{
+    protected final ICommonServer commonServer;
+    protected final String sessionToken;
+
+    public AbstractCommonTableModelProvider(ICommonServer commonServer, String sessionToken)
+    {
+        this.commonServer = commonServer;
+        this.sessionToken = sessionToken;
+    }
+}