IInformationControlCreator (Eclipse Platform API Specification)

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractReusableInformationControlCreator
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public interface IInformationControlCreator
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Interface of a factory for information controls ( IInformationControl). In order to provide backward compatibility for clients of IInformationControlCreator, extension interfaces are used as a means of evolution. The following extension interfaces exist:
- IInformationControlCreatorExtension since version 3.0 introducing checks of whether existing information control can be reused and whether information control creators can replace each other.
Since:

2.0

See Also:

IInformationControlCreatorExtension

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`IInformationControl`	`createInformationControl(Shell parent)`	Creates a new information control with the given shell as the control's parent.

- Method Detail
  - createInformationControl
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IInformationControl createInformationControl(Shell parent)
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    Creates a new information control with the given shell as the control's parent.
    
    Parameters:
    
    parent - the parent shell
    
    Returns:
    
    the created information control