Package org.eclipse.help

Class AbstractContentExtensionProvider

java.lang.Object

org.eclipse.help.AbstractContentExtensionProvider

public abstract class AbstractContentExtensionProvider
extends Object

An AbstractContentExtensionProvider is a mechanism to provide arbitrary content extensions (e.g. contributions to anchors or element replacements). AbstractContentExtensionProviders must be registered via the org.eclipse.help.contentExtension extension point.

Since:

3.3

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
AbstractContentExtensionProvider()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
protected void	contentChanged()	Notifies the platform that the content managed by this provider may have changed since the last time getContentExtensions() was called, and needs to be updated.
abstract IContentExtension[]	getContentExtensions(String locale)	Returns all extensions for this provider.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

AbstractContentExtensionProvider

public AbstractContentExtensionProvider()

Method Details

getContentExtensions

public abstract IContentExtension[] getContentExtensions(String locale)

Returns all extensions for this provider. Providers are free to provide any number of contributions (zero or more).

Parameters:

locale - the locale for which to get contributions

Returns:

all the content extensions for this provider

contentChanged

protected void contentChanged()

Notifies the platform that the content managed by this provider may have changed since the last time getContentExtensions() was called, and needs to be updated.