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+/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+$Id: codetemplates.xml 1 2011-01-01 00:00:01Z hoelzl $
+|                                                                          |
+| Copyright 2016 ForTISS GmbH                     |
+|                                                                          |
+| 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 org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.ui.util;
+
+import org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EObject;
+import org.eclipse.jface.action.IContributionItem;
+import org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.extension.data.Prototype;
+import org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.ui.service.IActionService;
+
+/**
+ * Utility class providing common methods used when implementing UI parts of tutorials.
+ * 
+ * @author hoelzl
+ * @author $Author: hoelzl $
+ * @version $Rev: 18709 $
+ * @ConQAT.Rating RED Hash:
+ */
+public class TutorialUIServiceUtils {
+	/** Returns whether the given contribution is a new menu prototype instance of the given class. */
+	public static boolean isNewMenuContributionPrototype(IContributionItem contribution,
+			Class<? extends EObject> clazz) {
+		Prototype proto = IActionService.INSTANCE.getNewMenuContributionPrototype(contribution);
+		return proto != null && clazz.isInstance(proto.getPrototype());
+	}
+}