org.eclipse.ui.navigator
Interface ICommonContentProvider

All Superinterfaces:

IContentProvider, IMementoAware, IStructuredContentProvider, ITreeContentProvider

All Known Subinterfaces:

IPipelinedTreeContentProvider

All Known Implementing Classes:

SynchronizationContentProvider

public interface ICommonContentProvider

extends ITreeContentProvider, IMementoAware

The Common content provider allows extensions to vary their behavior based on properties in the extension model and the given memento. The state model should be initialized from values in the memento if necessary.

EXPERIMENTAL. This class or interface has been added as part of a work in progress. There is a guarantee neither that this API will work nor that it will remain the same. Please do not use this API without consulting with the Platform/UI team.

Clients may (but are not required to) implement this interface if there is no cause to do so. ITreeContentProvider is respected by the Common Navigator.

Since:

3.2

Method Summary

void	init(IExtensionStateModel aStateModel, IMemento aMemento) Initialize the content provider with the given extension model and memento.

Methods inherited from interface org.eclipse.jface.viewers.ITreeContentProvider

getChildren, getParent, hasChildren

Methods inherited from interface org.eclipse.jface.viewers.IStructuredContentProvider

getElements

Methods inherited from interface org.eclipse.jface.viewers.IContentProvider

dispose, inputChanged

Methods inherited from interface org.eclipse.ui.navigator.IMementoAware

restoreState, saveState

Method Detail

init

public void init(IExtensionStateModel aStateModel,
                 IMemento aMemento)

Initialize the content provider with the given extension model and memento.

Parameters:

aStateModel - The state model associated with this logical extension.

aMemento - The associated memento for the given viewer. Clients should ensure that the memento keys are unique; perhaps using the id of the content extension as a prefix.

See Also:

ICommonLabelProvider