AbstractIndexProvider (Eclipse Platform API Specification)

java.lang.Object
- org.eclipse.help.AbstractIndexProvider

```
public abstract class AbstractIndexProvider
extends Object
```
An AbstractIndexProvider is a mechanism to provide arbitrary content to the keyword index. AbstractIndexProviders must be registered via the org.eclipse.help.index extension point.

Since:

3.3

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

AbstractIndexProvider()

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`protected void`	`contentChanged()`	Notifies the platform that the content managed by this provider may have changed since the last time `getIndexContributions()` was called, and needs to be updated.
`abstract IIndexContribution[]`	`getIndexContributions(String locale)`	Returns all index contributions for this provider.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - AbstractIndexProvider
```
public AbstractIndexProvider()
```
- Method Detail
  - getIndexContributions
```
public abstract IIndexContribution[] getIndexContributions(String locale)
```
    Returns all index contributions for this provider. Providers are free to provide any number of contributions (zero or more).
    
    Parameters:
    
    locale - the locale for which to get contributions
    
    Returns:
    
    all the index contributions for this provider
  - contentChanged
```
protected void contentChanged()
```
    Notifies the platform that the content managed by this provider may have changed since the last time getIndexContributions() was called, and needs to be updated.