org.eclipse.pde.core
Interface IIdentifiable

All Known Subinterfaces:

IFragment, IPlugin, IPluginBase, IPluginExtension, IPluginExtensionPoint, IPluginImport, IPluginReference

All Known Implementing Classes:

PluginReference

public interface IIdentifiable

Classes implement this interface if their instances need to be uniquely identified using an id.

Since:

2.0

Restriction:

This interface is not intended to be implemented by clients.

Restriction:

This interface is not intended to be extended by clients.

Field Summary

static String

P_ID A property that will be carried by the change event if 'id' field of this object is changed.

Method Summary

String	getId() Returns a unique id of this object.
void	setId(String id) Sets the id of this IIdentifiable to the provided value.

Field Detail

P_ID

static final String P_ID

A property that will be carried by the change event if 'id' field of this object is changed.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Method Detail

getId

String getId()

Returns a unique id of this object.

Returns:

the id of this object

setId

void setId(String id)
           throws org.eclipse.core.runtime.CoreException

Sets the id of this IIdentifiable to the provided value. This method will throw CoreException if object is not editable.

Parameters:

id - a new id of this object

Throws:

org.eclipse.core.runtime.CoreException