Package org.eclipse.ui.ide.fileSystem

Class FileSystemContributor

java.lang.Object

org.eclipse.ui.ide.fileSystem.FileSystemContributor

public abstract class FileSystemContributor
extends Object

The abstract base class for all UI file system contributors. This class provides the infrastructure for defining a contributor and fulfills the contract specified by the org.eclipse.ui.ide.filesystemSupport extension point.

Since:

3.2

See Also:

IFileSystem

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
FileSystemContributor()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
abstract URI	browseFileSystem(String initialPath, Shell shell)	Browse the file system for a URI to display to the user.
URI	getURI(String string)	Return a URI for the supplied String from the user.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

FileSystemContributor

public FileSystemContributor()

Method Detail

browseFileSystem

public abstract URI browseFileSystem(String initialPath,
                                     Shell shell)

Browse the file system for a URI to display to the user.

Parameters:

initialPath - The path to initialize the selection with.

shell - The shell to parent any required dialogs from

Returns:

URI if the file system is browsed successfully or null if a URI could not be determined.

getURI

public URI getURI(String string)

Return a URI for the supplied String from the user.

Parameters:

string - string to convert

Returns:

URI or null if the string is invalid.