org.eclipse.gef
Class ContextMenuProvider

java.lang.Object
  org.eclipse.jface.action.ContributionManager
      org.eclipse.jface.action.MenuManager
          org.eclipse.gef.ContextMenuProvider

All Implemented Interfaces:

IContributionItem, IContributionManager, IMenuListener, IMenuManager

Direct Known Subclasses:

PaletteContextMenuProvider

public abstract class ContextMenuProvider
extends MenuManager
implements IMenuListener

Extends MenuManager to allow populating the menu directly from the manager itself. Using this class is no different than using a standalone MenuManager, and adding a menuAboutToShow listener.

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.eclipse.jface.action.MenuManager

visible

Constructor Summary

ContextMenuProvider(EditPartViewer viewer)
Constructs a context menu for the specified EditPartViewer.

Method Summary

abstract void	buildContextMenu(IMenuManager menu) Called when the menu is about to show.
protected EditPartViewer	getViewer() Returns the EditPartViewer
void	menuAboutToShow(IMenuManager menu)
protected void	setViewer(EditPartViewer viewer) Sets the editpart viewer.

Methods inherited from class org.eclipse.jface.action.MenuManager

addMenuListener, createContextMenu, createMenuBar, createMenuBar, dispose, doItemFill, fill, fill, fill, fill, findMenuUsingPath, findUsingPath, getId, getImageDescriptor, getMenu, getMenuItem, getMenuItemCount, getMenuItems, getMenuText, getOverrides, getParent, getRemoveAllWhenShown, isDynamic, isEnabled, isGroupMarker, isSeparator, isSubstituteFor, isVisible, markDirty, menuExist, removeMenuListener, saveWidgetState, setActionDefinitionId, setOverrides, setParent, setRemoveAllWhenShown, setVisible, update, update, update, update, updateAll

Methods inherited from class org.eclipse.jface.action.ContributionManager

add, add, allowItem, appendToGroup, appendToGroup, dumpStatistics, find, getItems, getSize, hasDynamicItems, indexOf, indexOf, insert, insertAfter, insertAfter, insertBefore, insertBefore, internalSetItems, isDirty, isEmpty, itemAdded, itemRemoved, prependToGroup, prependToGroup, remove, remove, removeAll, replaceItem, setDirty

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface org.eclipse.jface.action.IContributionManager

add, add, appendToGroup, appendToGroup, find, getItems, insertAfter, insertAfter, insertBefore, insertBefore, isDirty, isEmpty, prependToGroup, prependToGroup, remove, remove, removeAll

Methods inherited from interface org.eclipse.jface.action.IContributionItem

isDirty

Constructor Detail

ContextMenuProvider

public ContextMenuProvider(EditPartViewer viewer)

Constructs a context menu for the specified EditPartViewer.

Parameters:

viewer - the editpart viewer

Method Detail

buildContextMenu

public abstract void buildContextMenu(IMenuManager menu)

Called when the menu is about to show. Subclasses must implement this method to populate the menu each time it is shown.

Parameters:

menu - this parameter is actually this object

getViewer

protected EditPartViewer getViewer()

Returns the EditPartViewer

Returns:

the viewer

menuAboutToShow

public void menuAboutToShow(IMenuManager menu)

Specified by:

menuAboutToShow in interface IMenuListener

See Also:

IMenuListener.menuAboutToShow(IMenuManager)

setViewer

protected void setViewer(EditPartViewer viewer)

Sets the editpart viewer. Called during construction.

Parameters:

viewer - the viewer