Package org.eclipse.jface.commands

Class PersistentState

java.lang.Object

org.eclipse.core.commands.common.EventManager

org.eclipse.core.commands.State

org.eclipse.jface.commands.PersistentState

Direct Known Subclasses:

RadioState, TextState, ToggleState

public abstract class PersistentState
extends State

This is a state that can be made persistent. A state is persisted to a preference store.

Clients may extend this class.

Since:

3.2

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
PersistentState()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
abstract void	load(IPreferenceStore store, String preferenceKey)	Loads this state from the preference store, given the location at which to look.
abstract void	save(IPreferenceStore store, String preferenceKey)	Saves this state to the preference store, given the location at which to write.
void	setShouldPersist(boolean persisted)	Sets whether this state should be persisted.
boolean	shouldPersist()	Whether this state should be persisted.

Methods inherited from class org.eclipse.core.commands.State

addListener, dispose, fireStateChanged, getId, getValue, removeListener, setId, setValue

Methods inherited from class org.eclipse.core.commands.common.EventManager

addListenerObject, clearListeners, getListeners, isListenerAttached, removeListenerObject

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

PersistentState

public PersistentState()

Method Details

load

public abstract void load(IPreferenceStore store,
 String preferenceKey)

Loads this state from the preference store, given the location at which to look. This method must be symmetric with a call to save(IPreferenceStore, String).

Parameters:

store - The store from which to read; must not be null.

preferenceKey - The key at which the state is stored; must not be null.

save

public abstract void save(IPreferenceStore store,
 String preferenceKey)

Saves this state to the preference store, given the location at which to write. This method must be symmetric with a call to load(IPreferenceStore, String).

Parameters:

store - The store to which the state should be written; must not be null.

preferenceKey - The key at which the state should be stored; must not be null.

setShouldPersist

public void setShouldPersist(boolean persisted)

Sets whether this state should be persisted.

Parameters:

persisted - Whether this state should be persisted.

shouldPersist

public boolean shouldPersist()

Whether this state should be persisted. Subclasses should check this method before loading or saving.

Returns:

true if this state should be persisted; false otherwise.