IMessageProvider (Eclipse Platform API Specification)

All Known Subinterfaces:

IMessage

All Known Implementing Classes:

AcceptLicensesWizardPage, ActivitiesPreferencePage, ActivityCategoryPreferencePage, DialogPage, FieldEditorPreferencePage, InstallationPage, InstalledSoftwarePage, PreferencePage, PropertyPage, RefactoringWizardPage, RenameResourceWizard.RenameResourceRefactoringConfigurationPage, RepositoryManipulationPage, RevertProfilePage, RootScopePage, TemplatePreferencePage, TextEditorPreferencePage, UserInputWizardPage, WizardDataTransferPage, WizardExportPage, WizardExportResourcesPage, WizardExternalProjectImportPage, WizardImportPage, WizardNewFileCreationPage, WizardNewFolderMainPage, WizardNewLinkPage, WizardNewProjectCreationPage, WizardNewProjectReferencePage, WizardPage, WizardPropertyPage, WizardResourceImportPage, WizardSelectionPage
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public interface IMessageProvider
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Minimal interface to a message provider. Used for dialog pages which can provide a message with an icon.

Since:

2.0

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type	Field	Description
`static int`	`ERROR`	Constant for an error message (value 3).
`static int`	`INFORMATION`	Constant for an info message (value 1).
`static int`	`NONE`	Constant for a regular message (value 0).
`static int`	`WARNING`	Constant for a warning message (value 2).

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`String`	`getMessage()`	Returns the current message for this message provider.
`int`	`getMessageType()`	Returns a value indicating if the message is a an information message, a warning message, or an error message.

- Field Detail
  - NONE
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static final int NONE
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    Constant for a regular message (value 0).
    Typically this indicates that the message should be shown without an icon.
    
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    Constant Field Values
  - INFORMATION
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static final int INFORMATION
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    Constant for an info message (value 1).
    
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    Constant Field Values
  - WARNING
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static final int WARNING
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    Constant for a warning message (value 2).
    
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  - ERROR
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static final int ERROR
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    Constant for an error message (value 3).
    
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    Constant Field Values
- Method Detail
  - getMessage
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String getMessage()
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    Returns the current message for this message provider.
    A message provides instruction or information to the user.
    
    Returns:
    
    the message, or null if none
  - getMessageType
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int getMessageType()
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    Returns a value indicating if the message is a an information message, a warning message, or an error message.
    Returns one of NONE,INFORMATION, WARNING, or ERROR.
    
    Returns:
    
    the message type