diff --git a/org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.ui/trunk/src/org/fortiss/tooling/kernel/ui/extension/IModelElementHandler.java b/org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.ui/trunk/src/org/fortiss/tooling/kernel/ui/extension/IModelElementHandler.java
index 5be7cbb59106300694cbcb321dff863fbb2338ec..965037a5c2009f3a6fd8055a5c55c8e5fa2e8760 100644
--- a/org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.ui/trunk/src/org/fortiss/tooling/kernel/ui/extension/IModelElementHandler.java
+++ b/org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.ui/trunk/src/org/fortiss/tooling/kernel/ui/extension/IModelElementHandler.java
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ import org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.ui.service.IModelElementHandlerService;
  * @author hoelzl
  * @author $Author$
  * @version $Rev$
- * @ConQAT.Rating RED Hash: 4E314066E959BB2F449657AD8F254BFA
+ * @ConQAT.Rating RED Hash: 1DDC37806BAC50CC6BB5840A863C8DF2
  */
 public interface IModelElementHandler<T extends EObject> extends
 		IEObjectAware<T> {
@@ -95,4 +95,10 @@ public interface IModelElementHandler<T extends EObject> extends
 	 * navigator's simplified non-expert view.
 	 */
 	boolean hiddenInNonExpertView();
+
+	/**
+	 * Handles the open model element request by returning the object that
+	 * should be passed to the model editor service.
+	 */
+	EObject handleOpenModelElementRequest(T element);
 }