Package org.eclipse.compare.internal

Interface IViewerDescriptor

All Known Implementing Classes:

ViewerDescriptor

public interface IViewerDescriptor

A factory object for creating a Viewers from a descriptor.

It is used when registering a viewer for a specific type in CompareUIPlugin.registerContentViewerDescriptor and in CompareUIPlugin.registerStructureViewerDescriptor.

See Also:

• IStructureCreator
• CompareUIPlugin

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Viewer	createViewer(Viewer currentViewer, Composite parent, CompareConfiguration config)	Creates a new viewer from this descriptor under the given STW parent control.

Method Details

createViewer

Viewer createViewer(Viewer currentViewer,
 Composite parent,
 CompareConfiguration config)

Creates a new viewer from this descriptor under the given STW parent control. If the current viewer has the same type as a new viewer the implementation of this method is free to return the current viewer instead.

Parameters:

currentViewer - the current viewer which is going to be replaced with a new viewer.

parent - the SWT parent control under which the new viewer has to be created.

config - a compare configuration the new viewer might be interested in.

Returns:

a new viewer or the current viewer.