Eclipse Platform
Release 3.2

org.eclipse.team.ui.history
Interface IHistoryView


public interface IHistoryView

This interface provides a way for clients to request the History View to display the history for a given object.

This interface is not intended to be implemented by clients.

Since:
3.2
See Also:
IFileHistory, IHistoryPage

Method Summary
 IHistoryPage getHistoryPage()
          Returns the history page that is currently being displayed by the history view.
 IHistoryPage showHistoryFor(Object object)
          Shows the history for the passed in object.
 

Method Detail

getHistoryPage

public IHistoryPage getHistoryPage()
Returns the history page that is currently being displayed by the history view. TODO: Need to explain what page this is. Is it the visible page?

Returns:
the history page

showHistoryFor

public IHistoryPage showHistoryFor(Object object)
Shows the history for the passed in object. If the object is being shown in another instance of a history view in the same page as this view, that view will be given focus.

Parameters:
object -
Returns:
returns the history page that the passed in object is being shown in or null if no appropriate page can be found.

Eclipse Platform
Release 3.2

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