diff --git a/modules/monitoring/library/Monitoring/Hook/DataviewExtensionHook.php b/modules/monitoring/library/Monitoring/Hook/DataviewExtensionHook.php
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+<?php
+/* Icinga Web 2 | (c) 2013-2015 Icinga Development Team | GPLv2+ */
+
+namespace Icinga\Module\Monitoring\Hook;
+
+abstract class DataviewExtensionHook
+{
+    abstract public function getAdditionalQueryColumns($queryName);
+}