AbstractInformationControlManager.IInformationControlCloser (Eclipse Platform API Specification)

All Known Implementing Classes:

AnnotationBarHoverManager.Closer

Enclosing class:

AbstractInformationControlManager
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public static interface AbstractInformationControlManager.IInformationControlCloser
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Interface of an information control closer. An information control closer monitors its information control and its subject control and closes the information control if necessary.
Clients must implement this interface in order to equip an information control manager accordingly.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`setInformationControl(IInformationControl control)`	Sets the closer's information control, the one to close if necessary.
`void`	`setSubjectControl(Control subject)`	Sets the closer's subject control.
`void`	`start(Rectangle subjectArea)`	Tells this closer to start monitoring the subject and the information control.
`void`	`stop()`	Tells this closer to stop monitoring the subject and the information control.

- Method Detail
  - setSubjectControl
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void setSubjectControl(Control subject)
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    Sets the closer's subject control. This is the control that parents the information control and from which the subject of the information to be shown is retrieved.
    Must be called before start. May again be called between start and stop.
    
    Parameters:
    
    subject - the subject control
  - setInformationControl
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void setInformationControl(IInformationControl control)
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    Sets the closer's information control, the one to close if necessary.
    Must be called before start. May again be called between start and stop.
    
    Parameters:
    
    control - the information control
  - start
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void start(Rectangle subjectArea)
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    Tells this closer to start monitoring the subject and the information control. The presented information is considered valid for the given area of the subject control's display.
    
    Parameters:
    
    subjectArea - the area for which the presented information is valid
  - stop
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void stop()
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    Tells this closer to stop monitoring the subject and the information control.