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package androidx.ui.core

import androidx.ui.unit.Density

/**
 * A [Modifier] that provides data to the parent [Layout]. This can be read from within the
 * the [Layout] during measurement and positioning, via [IntrinsicMeasurable.parentData].
 * Th parent data is commonly used to inform the parent how the child [Layout] should be measured
 * and positioned.
 */
interface ParentDataModifier : Modifier.Element {
    /**
     * Provides a parentData, given the [parentData] already provided through the modifier's chain.
     */
    fun Density.modifyParentData(parentData: Any?): Any?
}