IAnnotationImageProvider (Eclipse Platform API Specification)

```
public interface IAnnotationImageProvider
```
Provides an image for a given annotation.

Since:

3.0

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`ImageDescriptor`	`getImageDescriptor(String imageDescritporId)`	Returns the image descriptor for the given symbolic name.
`String`	`getImageDescriptorId(Annotation annotation)`	Returns the image descriptor id of the image for the given annotation.
`Image`	`getManagedImage(Annotation annotation)`	Returns the image for the given annotation or `null`.

- Method Detail
  - getManagedImage
```
Image getManagedImage(Annotation annotation)
```
    Returns the image for the given annotation or null. The returned image is managed by this annotation image provided. If the annotation image provider does not support managed images, clients have to manage the annotation images. For that, clients first ask for the image descriptor id for a given annotation (getImageDescriptorId(Annotation)) as then for the image descriptor. The image descriptor id should be used to manage the annotation images using an ImageRegistry.
    
    Parameters:
    
    annotation - the annotation
    
    Returns:
    
    the managed image
  - getImageDescriptorId
```
String getImageDescriptorId(Annotation annotation)
```
    Returns the image descriptor id of the image for the given annotation.
    
    Parameters:
    
    annotation - the annotation
    
    Returns:
    
    the image descriptor id
  - getImageDescriptor
```
ImageDescriptor getImageDescriptor(String imageDescritporId)
```
    Returns the image descriptor for the given symbolic name.
    
    Parameters:
    
    imageDescritporId - the image descriptor id
    
    Returns:
    
    the image descriptor