Package org.eclipse.jface.text

Class AbstractReusableInformationControlCreator

java.lang.Object

org.eclipse.jface.text.AbstractReusableInformationControlCreator

All Implemented Interfaces:

EventListener, IInformationControlCreator, IInformationControlCreatorExtension, DisposeListener

public abstract class AbstractReusableInformationControlCreator
extends Object
implements IInformationControlCreator, IInformationControlCreatorExtension, DisposeListener

Abstract class for a reusable information control creators.

Since:

3.3

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
AbstractReusableInformationControlCreator()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	canReplace(IInformationControlCreator creator)	Tests whether this information control creator can replace the given information control creator.
boolean	canReuse(IInformationControl control)	Tests if an existing information control can be reused.
IInformationControl	createInformationControl(Shell parent)	Creates a new information control with the given shell as the control's parent.
protected abstract IInformationControl	doCreateInformationControl(Shell parent)	Creates the control.
void	widgetDisposed(DisposeEvent e)	Sent when the widget is disposed.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

AbstractReusableInformationControlCreator

public AbstractReusableInformationControlCreator()

Method Details

doCreateInformationControl

protected abstract IInformationControl doCreateInformationControl(Shell parent)

Creates the control.

Parameters:

parent - the parent shell

Returns:

the created information control

createInformationControl

public IInformationControl createInformationControl(Shell parent)

Description copied from interface: IInformationControlCreator

Creates a new information control with the given shell as the control's parent.

Specified by:

createInformationControl in interface IInformationControlCreator

Parameters:

parent - the parent shell

Returns:

the created information control

widgetDisposed

public void widgetDisposed(DisposeEvent e)

Description copied from interface: DisposeListener

Sent when the widget is disposed.

Specified by:

widgetDisposed in interface DisposeListener

Parameters:

e - an event containing information about the dispose

canReuse

public boolean canReuse(IInformationControl control)

Description copied from interface: IInformationControlCreatorExtension

Tests if an existing information control can be reused.

Specified by:

canReuse in interface IInformationControlCreatorExtension

Parameters:

control - the information control to test

Returns:

true if the control can be reused

canReplace

public boolean canReplace(IInformationControlCreator creator)

Description copied from interface: IInformationControlCreatorExtension

Tests whether this information control creator can replace the given information control creator. This is the case if the two creators create the same kind of information controls.

Specified by:

canReplace in interface IInformationControlCreatorExtension

Parameters:

creator - the creator to be checked

Returns:

true if the given creator can be replaced, false otherwise