Package org.eclipse.ui.menus
Interface IContributionRoot
public interface IContributionRoot
Instances of this interface represent a position in the contribution
hierarchy into which
AbstractContributionFactory
instances may insert
elements. Instances of this interface are provided by the platform and this
interface should NOT be implemented by clients.- Since:
- 3.3
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Method Summary
Modifier and TypeMethodDescriptionvoid
addContributionItem
(IContributionItem item, Expression visibleWhen) Adds a given contribution item with provided visibility expression and kill-switch filtering as a direct child of this container.void
registerVisibilityForChild
(IContributionItem item, Expression visibleWhen) Registers visibilty for arbitraryIContributionItem
instances that are NOT direct children of this container.
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Method Details
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addContributionItem
Adds a given contribution item with provided visibility expression and kill-switch filtering as a direct child of this container. This should be called for all top-level elements created inAbstractContributionFactory.createContributionItems(org.eclipse.ui.services.IServiceLocator, IContributionRoot)
- Parameters:
item
- the item to addvisibleWhen
- the visibility expression. May benull
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registerVisibilityForChild
Registers visibilty for arbitraryIContributionItem
instances that are NOT direct children of this container. Ie: children of aIContributionManager
that has been previously registered with a call to {addContributionItem(IContributionItem, Expression)
.- Parameters:
item
- the item for which to register a visibility clausevisibleWhen
- the visibility expression. May benull
in which case this method is a no-op.
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