org.eclipse.jface.action
Class SubContributionItem

java.lang.Object
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  +--org.eclipse.jface.action.SubContributionItem

All Implemented Interfaces:

IContributionItem

public class SubContributionItem

extends Object

implements IContributionItem

A SubContributionItem is a wrapper for an IContributionItem. It is used within a SubContributionManager to control the visibility of items.

This class is not intended to be subclassed.

Constructor Summary

SubContributionItem(IContributionItem item)
Creates a new SubContributionItem.

Method Summary

void	fill(Composite parent) Fills the given composite control with controls representing this contribution item.
void	fill(Menu parent, int index) Fills the given menu with controls representing this contribution item.
void	fill(ToolBar parent, int index) Fills the given tool bar with controls representing this contribution item.
String	getId() Returns the identifier of this contribution item.
IContributionItem	getInnerItem() Returns the inner contribution item.
boolean	isDynamic() Returns whether this contribution item is dynamic.
boolean	isGroupMarker() Returns whether this contribution item is a group marker.
boolean	isSeparator() Returns whether this contribution item is a separator.
boolean	isVisible() Returns whether this contribution item is visibile within its manager.
void	setParent(IContributionManager parent) Sets the parent manager of this item
void	setVisible(boolean visible) Sets whether this contribution item is visibile within its manager.
void	update() Updates any SWT controls cached by this contribution item with any changes which have been made to this contribution item since the last update.
void	update(String id) Updates any SWT controls cached by this contribution item with changes for the the given property.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

SubContributionItem

public SubContributionItem(IContributionItem item)

Creates a new SubContributionItem.

Method Detail

fill

public void fill(Composite parent)

Description copied from interface: IContributionItem

Fills the given composite control with controls representing this contribution item. Used by StatusLineManager.

Specified by:

fill in interface IContributionItem

Parameters:

parent - the parent control

fill

public void fill(Menu parent,
                 int index)

Description copied from interface: IContributionItem

Fills the given menu with controls representing this contribution item. Used by MenuManager.

Specified by:

fill in interface IContributionItem

Parameters:

parent - the parent menu

index - the index where the controls are inserted, or -1 to insert at the end

fill

public void fill(ToolBar parent,
                 int index)

Description copied from interface: IContributionItem

Fills the given tool bar with controls representing this contribution item. Used by ToolBarManager.

Specified by:

fill in interface IContributionItem

Parameters:

parent - the parent tool bar

index - the index where the controls are inserted, or -1 to insert at the end

getId

public String getId()

Description copied from interface: IContributionItem

Returns the identifier of this contribution item. The id is used for retrieving an item from its manager.

Specified by:

getId in interface IContributionItem

Returns:

the contribution item identifier, or null if none

getInnerItem

public IContributionItem getInnerItem()

Returns the inner contribution item.

Returns:

the inner contribution item

isDynamic

public boolean isDynamic()

Description copied from interface: IContributionItem

Returns whether this contribution item is dynamic. A dynamic contribution item contributes items conditionally, dependent on some internal state.

Specified by:

isDynamic in interface IContributionItem

Returns:

true if this item is dynamic, and false for normal items

isGroupMarker

public boolean isGroupMarker()

Description copied from interface: IContributionItem

Returns whether this contribution item is a group marker. This information is used when adding items to a group.

Specified by:

isGroupMarker in interface IContributionItem

Returns:

true if this item is a group marker, and false for normal items

See Also:

GroupMarker, IContributionManager.appendToGroup(java.lang.String, org.eclipse.jface.action.IAction), IContributionManager.prependToGroup(java.lang.String, org.eclipse.jface.action.IAction)

isSeparator

public boolean isSeparator()

Description copied from interface: IContributionItem

Returns whether this contribution item is a separator. This information is used to enable hiding of unnecessary separators.

Specified by:

isSeparator in interface IContributionItem

Returns:

true if this item is a separator, and false for normal items

See Also:

Separator

isVisible

public boolean isVisible()

Description copied from interface: IContributionItem

Returns whether this contribution item is visibile within its manager.

Specified by:

isVisible in interface IContributionItem

Returns:

true if this item is visible, and false otherwise

setParent

public void setParent(IContributionManager parent)

Description copied from interface: IContributionItem

Sets the parent manager of this item

Specified by:

setParent in interface IContributionItem

Parameters:

parent - the parent contribution manager

setVisible

public void setVisible(boolean visible)

Description copied from interface: IContributionItem

Sets whether this contribution item is visibile within its manager.

Specified by:

setVisible in interface IContributionItem

Parameters:

visible - true if this item should be visible, and false otherwise

update

public void update()

Description copied from interface: IContributionItem

Updates any SWT controls cached by this contribution item with any changes which have been made to this contribution item since the last update. Called by contribution manager update methods.

Specified by:

update in interface IContributionItem

update

public void update(String id)

Description copied from interface: IContributionItem

Updates any SWT controls cached by this contribution item with changes for the the given property.

Specified by:

update in interface IContributionItem