Package org.eclipse.emf.compare.rcp.ui.mergeviewer.item.provider

Interface IMergeViewerItemProvider

All Superinterfaces:

IOptionalProvider

All Known Implementing Classes:

CompareAccessorMergeViewerItemProvider

public interface IMergeViewerItemProvider
extends IOptionalProvider

The contract for providers responsible for determining root elements in merge viewers. Typically these are IMergeViewerItems but they not necessarily have to be.

Since:

4.4

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Object	getItemToSelect(Object object, IMergeViewerItemProviderConfiguration configuration)	Determine the merge viewer item which shall be selected.
List<Object>	getMergeViewerItems(Object object, IMergeViewerItemProviderConfiguration configuration)	Determine the root merge viewer items for the given object.

Methods inherited from interface org.eclipse.emf.compare.rcp.ui.mergeviewer.item.provider.IOptionalProvider

canHandle

Method Details

getMergeViewerItems

List<Object> getMergeViewerItems(Object object,
 IMergeViewerItemProviderConfiguration configuration)

Determine the root merge viewer items for the given object.

Parameters:

object - the Object for which the root merge viewer items are to be determined.

configuration - the IMergeViewerItemProviderConfiguration.

Returns:

a list of the root elements.

getItemToSelect

Object getItemToSelect(Object object,
 IMergeViewerItemProviderConfiguration configuration)

Determine the merge viewer item which shall be selected.

Parameters:

object - the Object for which the selected merge viewer item is to be determined.

configuration - the IMergeViewerItemProviderConfiguration.

Returns:

the merge viewer item to select.