Package org.eclipse.emf.compare.ide.ui.internal.util

Class PlatformElementUtil

java.lang.Object

org.eclipse.emf.compare.ide.ui.internal.util.PlatformElementUtil

public class PlatformElementUtil
extends Object

This provides access to commonly used functions for platform elements, such as adaptation or file lookup.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
PlatformElementUtil()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static <T> T	adaptAs(Object object, Class<T> clazz)	Tries and adapt the given object to an instance of the given class.
static org.eclipse.core.resources.IFile	findFile(org.eclipse.compare.ITypedElement element)	Try and determine the resource of the given element.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

PlatformElementUtil

public PlatformElementUtil()

Method Details

findFile

public static org.eclipse.core.resources.IFile findFile(org.eclipse.compare.ITypedElement element)

Try and determine the resource of the given element.

Parameters:

element - The element for which we need an IResource.

Returns:

The resource corresponding to the given element if we could find it, null otherwise.

adaptAs

public static <T> T adaptAs(Object object,
 Class<T> clazz)

Tries and adapt the given object to an instance of the given class.

Type Parameters:

T - Type to which we need to adapt object.

Parameters:

object - The object we need to coerce to a given Class.

clazz - Class to which we are to adapt object.

Returns:

object cast to type T if possible, null if not.