Eclipse Platform
Release 3.2

org.eclipse.ui.navigator
Interface INavigatorContentExtension

All Superinterfaces:
IAdaptable

public interface INavigatorContentExtension
extends IAdaptable

The content extension represents the components of a navigatorContent extension. These handles are managed by a content service INavigatorContentService.

There is one INavigatorContentExtension for each content service. There is only one INavigatorContentDescriptor for each extension.

This interface is not intended to be implemented by clients.

Since:
3.2

Method Summary
 ITreeContentProvider getContentProvider()
          Clients may choose to implement ICommonContentProvider, but are only required to supply an implementation of ITreeContentProvider.
 INavigatorContentDescriptor getDescriptor()
          There is one descriptor for all instances of a INavigatorContentExtension.
 String getId()
           
 ICommonLabelProvider getLabelProvider()
          The real underlying implementation may only support the ILabelProvider interface, but a simple delegate is used when this is the case to ensure that clients may anticpate an ICommonLabelProvider interface.
 IExtensionStateModel getStateModel()
           
 boolean isLoaded()
           
 
Methods inherited from interface org.eclipse.core.runtime.IAdaptable
getAdapter
 

Method Detail

getId

public String getId()
Returns:
The id attribute of the navigatorContent extension.

getDescriptor

public INavigatorContentDescriptor getDescriptor()
There is one descriptor for all instances of a INavigatorContentExtension.

Returns:
A handle to the descriptor used to manage this extension.

getContentProvider

public ITreeContentProvider getContentProvider()
Clients may choose to implement ICommonContentProvider, but are only required to supply an implementation of ITreeContentProvider.

Returns:
The content provider defined by the navigatorContent extension.
See Also:
ICommonContentProvider, ITreeContentProvider

getLabelProvider

public ICommonLabelProvider getLabelProvider()
The real underlying implementation may only support the ILabelProvider interface, but a simple delegate is used when this is the case to ensure that clients may anticpate an ICommonLabelProvider interface.

Returns:
The content provider defined by the navigatorContent extension.
See Also:
ICommonLabelProvider, ILabelProvider

isLoaded

public boolean isLoaded()
Returns:
True if any class has been instantiated by this extension.

getStateModel

public IExtensionStateModel getStateModel()
Returns:
The state model associated with this content extension.
See Also:
IExtensionStateModel

Eclipse Platform
Release 3.2

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