org.eclipse.emf.ecp.view.spi.provider
Class ViewProviderHelper

java.lang.Object
  org.eclipse.emf.ecp.view.spi.provider.ViewProviderHelper

public final class ViewProviderHelper
extends Object

Util class for retrieving a VView based on an EObject.

Since:

1.2

Author:

Eugen Neufeld

Method Summary

static VView

getView(org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EObject eObject, Map<String,Object> context) This allows to retrieve a VView based on an EObject.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

getView

public static VView getView(org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EObject eObject,
                            Map<String,Object> context)

This allows to retrieve a VView based on an EObject. This method reads all IViewProviders and searches for the best fitting. If none can be found, then null is returned.

Parameters:

eObject - the EObject to find a VView for

context - a key-value-map from String to Object

Returns:

a view model for the given EObject or null if no suited provider could be found