Package org.eclipse.jface.viewers

Interface ILabelProvider

All Superinterfaces:
IBaseLabelProvider
All Known Subinterfaces:
ICommonLabelProvider, ICompareInputLabelProvider, IDebugModelPresentation, IDebugModelPresentationExtension, IInstructionPointerPresentation, IMemoryBlockTablePresentation
All Known Implementing Classes:
AbstractSynchronizationLabelProvider, AbstractSynchronizeLabelProvider, ColumnLabelProvider, ComboBoxLabelProvider, DecoratingLabelProvider, EnvironmentTab.EnvironmentVariableLabelProvider, FileEditorMappingLabelProvider, LabelProvider, ListeningLabelProvider, NamedHandleObjectLabelProvider, ObservableMapLabelProvider, PerspectiveLabelProvider, PreferenceLabelProvider, PropertyColumnLabelProvider, RefactoringHistoryLabelProvider, SynchronizationLabelProvider, TableColumnViewerLabelProvider, TreeColumnViewerLabelProvider, URLLabelProvider, org.eclipse.jface.internal.databinding.provisional.viewers.ViewerLabelProvider, WorkbenchLabelProvider, WorkbenchPartLabelProvider
public interface ILabelProvider extends IBaseLabelProvider
Extends IBaseLabelProvider with the methods to provide the text and/or image for the label of a given element. Used by most structured viewers, except table viewers.

  • Method Details

    • getImage

      Image getImage(Object element)
      Returns the image for the label of the given element. The image is owned by the label provider and must not be disposed directly. Instead, dispose the label provider when no longer needed.
      Parameters:
      element - the element for which to provide the label image
      Returns:
      the image used to label the element, or null if there is no image for the given object

    • getText

      String getText(Object element)
      Returns the text for the label of the given element.
      Parameters:
      element - the element for which to provide the label text
      Returns:
      the text string used to label the element, or null if there is no text label for the given object