Eclipse Platform
Release 3.6

org.eclipse.jface.viewers
Interface IIndexableLazyContentProvider

All Superinterfaces:
IContentProvider, ILazyContentProvider

public interface IIndexableLazyContentProvider
extends ILazyContentProvider

Adds efficient element indexing support to ILazyContentProvider.

Since:
3.5

Method Summary
 int findElement(Object element)
          Find the row index of the parameter element in the set of contents provided by this object.
 
Methods inherited from interface org.eclipse.jface.viewers.ILazyContentProvider
updateElement
 
Methods inherited from interface org.eclipse.jface.viewers.IContentProvider
dispose, inputChanged
 

Method Detail

findElement

int findElement(Object element)
Find the row index of the parameter element in the set of contents provided by this object. Under normal usage, this method will only be used to implement StructuredViewer#setSelection(ISelection) more efficiently.

Parameters:
element - the element to find within the contents served here
Returns:
the zero-based index of the element, or -1 if the element is not found

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Release 3.6

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