ISourceContainerTypeDelegate (Eclipse Platform API Specification)

All Known Subinterfaces:

ISourceContainerType

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractSourceContainerTypeDelegate
```
public interface ISourceContainerTypeDelegate
```
A source container type delegate represents a kind of container of source code. For example, a source container type may be a project or a directory. A specific project or directory is represented by an instance of a source container type, which is called a source container (ISourceContainer).
A source container type delegate is contributed via the sourceContainerTypes extension point.

Clients may implement this interface.

Since:

3.0

See Also:

ISourceContainer, ISourceContainerType

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`ISourceContainer`	`createSourceContainer(String memento)`	Creates and returns a new source container of this type corresponding to the given memento.
`String`	`getMemento(ISourceContainer container)`	Constructs and returns a memento for the given source container.

- Method Detail
  - createSourceContainer
```
ISourceContainer createSourceContainer(String memento)
                                throws CoreException
```
    Creates and returns a new source container of this type corresponding to the given memento.
    
    Parameters:
    
    memento - a memento for a source container of this source container type
    
    Returns:
    
    a source container corresponding to the given memento
    
    Throws:
    
    CoreException - if unable to construct a source container based on the given memento
  - getMemento
```
String getMemento(ISourceContainer container)
           throws CoreException
```
    Constructs and returns a memento for the given source container. A memento can be used to reconstruct a source container.
    
    Parameters:
    
    container - The container for which a memento should be created. The container must of this source container type.
    
    Returns:
    
    a memento for the source container
    
    Throws:
    
    CoreException - if unable to create a memento