Package org.eclipse.compare.internal

Class ViewerDescriptor

java.lang.Object

org.eclipse.compare.internal.ViewerDescriptor

All Implemented Interfaces:

IViewerDescriptor

public class ViewerDescriptor
extends Object
implements IViewerDescriptor

Creates Viewers from an IConfigurationElement.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
ViewerDescriptor(IConfigurationElement config)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Viewer	createViewer(Viewer currentViewer, Composite parent, CompareConfiguration mp)	Creates a new viewer from this descriptor under the given STW parent control.
String	getExtension()
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

ViewerDescriptor

public ViewerDescriptor(IConfigurationElement config)

Method Details

createViewer

public Viewer createViewer(Viewer currentViewer,
 Composite parent,
 CompareConfiguration mp)

Description copied from interface: IViewerDescriptor

Creates a new viewer from this descriptor under the given STW parent control. If the current viewer has the same type as a new viewer the implementation of this method is free to return the current viewer instead.

Specified by:

createViewer in interface IViewerDescriptor

Parameters:

currentViewer - the current viewer which is going to be replaced with a new viewer.

parent - the SWT parent control under which the new viewer has to be created.

mp - a compare configuration the new viewer might be interested in.

Returns:

a new viewer or the current viewer.

getExtension

public String getExtension()

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object